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Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access originally published online on February 26, 2008
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008 100(5):292-297; doi:10.1093/jnci/djn053
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NEWS

Vitamin D: Cancer Prevention's Sunny Future?

Samantha Beres

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Could preventing cancer be as easy as taking a vitamin supplement? For decades, studies have suggested that sunlight and vitamin D decrease the risk of some nonskin cancers. In the past few years, there has been a crescendo in the research, including results from the first randomized, controlled trial to show that vitamin D can lower cancer risk.

The Canadian Cancer Society thinks that vitamins might be one way to prevent some cancers. In June 2007, the national organization recommended that adults living in Canada consider taking vitamin D supplements of 1,000 international units (IU) a day in the fall and winter. Those at high risk of low vitamin D levels should take it year round. The move was a break from the Canadian government's daily intake recommendation of 200–600 IU, which is aligned with the U.S. Institute of Medicine's adequate intakes.

Then, in October, the Canadian Cancer Society wrote . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Trial Shows Lowered Risk

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