September 22, 2010

Vitamin D Protects Against Obesity-Induced Endometrial Cancer, Study Suggests

ScienceDaily for September 22, 2010 reported on vitamin D and cancer.

The scientists report in Cancer Prevention Research published online September 21 that 25 percent of obese mice fed a vitamin D supplemented diet developed endometrial cancer, while 67 percent of obese mice not treated with the vitamin developed cancer. They also report that vitamin D offered no protective effects for normal weight mice; whether or not they used the vitamin, about 60 percent of these mice developed cancer.