Study suggests vitamin D may help slow breast cancer (Reuters/CNN)

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LONDON, England (Reuters) -- High levels of vitamin D may help slow the progression of breast cancer, researchers have suggested.
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"Vitamin D levels are lower in women with advanced breast cancer than in early breast cancer," said Dr. Carlo Palmieri, of Imperial College London.

"It lends support to the idea that vitamin D has a role in the progression of breast cancer," he told Reuters.

The researchers measured the amount of vitamin D in blood samples from 279 women with breast cancer. In 204 women, the disease was in its early stages. It was more advanced in the other 75.
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Although the scientists do not know whether the low levels of vitamin D are a cause or a consequence of the cancer, their findings and the results of other studies suggest that low{er than normal} levels of vitamin D may be involved in the progression of early breast cancer to more advanced stages.
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more: http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/10/30/cancer.vitamin.reut/index.html