Vitamine D tegen borstkanker!*
Wetenschappers van verschillende Amerikaanse universiteiten zijn naar aanleiding van allerlei studies tot de slotsom gekomen dat er inderdaad een
gefundeerd verband is tussen bloedwaarden vitamine D en de kans op
borstkanker. Lage bloedwaarden geven een hogere kans en hoge bloedwaarden een kleine kans op borstkanker. De wetenschappers stellen dat inname van extra vitamine D zo snel mogelijk aanbevolen moet worden, het kost weinig, is veilig en een effectieve manier om borstkanker te voorkomen.
Does the evidence for an inverse relationship between serum vitamin D status and breast cancer risk satisfy the Hill criteria?
Authors: Sharif B. Mohr, Edward D. Gorham, John E. Alcaraz, Christopher I. Kane, Caroline A. Macera, J. Kellogg Parsons, Deborah L. Wingard and Cedric F. Garland
Abstract:
A wide range of epidemiologic and laboratory studies combined provide compelling evidence of a protective role of vitamin D on risk of breast cancer. This review evaluates the scientific evidence for such a role in the context of the A.B. Hill criteria for causality, in order to assess the presence of a causal, inverse relationship, between vitamin D status and breast cancer risk. After evaluation of this evidence in the context of Hill’s criteria, it was found that the criteria for a causal relationship were largely satisfied. Studies in human populations and the laboratory have consistently demonstrated that vitamin D plays an important role in the prevention of breast cancer. Vitamin D supplementation is an urgently needed, low cost, effective, and safe intervention strategy for breast cancer prevention that should be implemented without delay. In the meantime, randomized controlled trials of high doses of vitamin D3 for prevention of breast cancer should be undertaken to provide the necessary evidence to guide national health
policy.
De volledige studie.
(December 2012)
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