More proof of vitamin-cancer link
It may not only be the lack of vitamin D that increases a woman's breast cancer risk but also the way in which the body utilises it, say researchers.
Studies have shown vitamin D protects against breast cancer and a lack may contribute to the disease.
Now scientists have found women with certain versions of a gene involved in the vitamin's breakdown have a nearly twofold greater risk of breast cancer.
The St George's Hospital findings appear in Clinical Cancer Research.
Dr Michelle Guy and her team, funded by Breast Cancer Campaign and World Cancer Research Fund, looked at the vitamin D receptor which controls the action of vitamin D in the body.
Source BBC News
Studies have shown vitamin D protects against breast cancer and a lack may contribute to the disease.
Now scientists have found women with certain versions of a gene involved in the vitamin's breakdown have a nearly twofold greater risk of breast cancer.
The St George's Hospital findings appear in Clinical Cancer Research.
Dr Michelle Guy and her team, funded by Breast Cancer Campaign and World Cancer Research Fund, looked at the vitamin D receptor which controls the action of vitamin D in the body.
Source BBC News
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