Vitamin D supplementation significantly increases the efficacy of chemotherapy in the treatment of women with breast cancerdoubling almost the probability of tumor remission, according to a study by the Brazilian Paulist Regional University (UNESP).
The results of the study with 80 women showed that andThe tumor disappeared in 43% of patients Subjected to chemotherapy and those that were supplemented by the diet with vitamin D in low doses, while only 24% of those provided with a placebo achieved total success in the treatment.
Research evidenced that the supply of vitamin during treatment arises as an alternative potential to high -cost drugs and difficult access that aim to increase the response of chemotherapy, the research support foundation reported in the state of São Paulo (FAPESP), which financed the study.
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With a low dose, we observe a notable difference in the response to treatment, ”said Eduardo Carvalho-Pessoa, co-author of the study and president of the Brazilian Mastology Society, cited in a FAPESP statement.
The research, whose results were highlighted in the latest edition of the International Scientific Journal Nutrition and Cancer, analyzed 80 women over 45 years with Breast cancer Treated at the DAS Hospital of Botucatu, municipality inside the state of São Paulo.
Divided into two groups, 40 received 2,000 IU (units) daily vitamin D and 40 a placebo for six months of neo -adjuvant chemotherapy, which is performed to facilitate removal surgery of tumor.
The majority of the participants had low levels of vitamin D and the supplementation raised these levels in which they achieved the best results, suggesting a role in recovery.
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Problems caused by excess
Vitamin D, key to bone health and The immune systemIt is absorbed both by sun exposure and food, but its excess can be toxic and cause kidney problems.
The study, although with a small sample, opens roads for research with more participants, according to FAPESP.
These results justify broader studies to understand the role of vitamin D in the remission of breast cancer, ”said Carvalho-Pessoa.
(With EFE information)
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