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Fund vitamin D breast cancer research
Article published on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 |
Editor:
Research now links vitamin D deficiency with a significantly elevated risk of breast cancer. So why isn’t there public outcry to continue funding this breakthrough science?
Vitamin D is made naturally when skin is exposed to UVB in sunlight. Because sunshine is free, there’s no marketing department out there calling for this research to be continued. Because the stakes are so high – 200,000 women will be told they have breast cancer in North America this year, and 45,000 will die – I am proud to be supporting “D-Feat Breast Cancer” – a North American campaign to fund the continuation of this important research.
The research on vitamin D and breast cancer prevention to date is impressive:
• A 2006 paper published in Anticancer Research established that women with higher vitamin D levels are 50 to 70 percent less likely to develop breast cancer.
• A 2007 study in the American Journal of Epidemiology reported that women with high sun exposure levels – the most natural and abundant source of vitamin D – had half the risk of developing advanced breast cancer.
• A 2002 paper in Occupational and Environmental Medicine established that women who received regular sun exposure were less likely to die from breast cancer.
Those specific studies stand out in their category and are on top of hundreds of papers that now establish the role vitamin D plays in cell growth regulation in the body – research that solidifies the mechanism by which vitamin D would prevent or slow the growth of dozens of forms of cancer in the body.
D-Feat Breast Cancer is being supported in the month of May by patrons of the professional indoor tanning community across North America. Indoor tanners are being asked to donate $1 to $5 to support vitamin D breast cancer research.
Laurie Grubbs
Pinellas Park
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Article published on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
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