Vitamin D deficiency may lead to prostate cancer

Get under the morning sun sooner rather than later as vitamin D deficiency has now been linked to aggressive prostate cancer, an alarming study indicated.

"Vitamin D deficiency could be a bio-marker of advanced prostate tumour progression in large segments of the general population," said a Dr.

More research is needed, but it would be wise for men to be screened for vitamin D deficiency and treated, Dr. added.

"This is the first study to look at vitamin D deficiency and biopsy outcomes in men at high risk of prostate cancer," informed another Dr.

To reach this conclusion, scientists examined data collected from a diverse group of more than 600 men from the Chicago area who had elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels or other risk factors for prostate cancer. 

Each man was screened for vitamin D deficiency before undergoing a prostate biopsy.

The authors were surprised to find that vitamin D deficiency seemed to be a predictor of aggressive forms of prostate cancer diagnosis in African-American and European-American men.

"These men, with severe vitamin D deficiency, had greater odds of advanced grade and advanced stage of tumours within or outside the prostate," Murphy added.

Unless it is severe, vitamin D deficiency is fairly asymptomatic, so more effort needs to be put on screening.

It is a good idea to get your levels checked on a yearly basis, said the study published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research.

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