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Supplements only benefited those who had had another form of skin cancer, study found<\/h4>\n
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Posted: June 28, 2011<\/p>\n

By Steven Reinberg<\/strong>
\nHealthDay Reporter<\/em><\/p>\n

MONDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) — Certain women at risk for developing melanoma, the most severe form of skin cancer, may cut the likelihood in half by taking vitamin<\/span><\/a> D\/calcium supplements, a new study suggests.<\/p>\n

<\/a>“It looks like there is some promising evidence for vitamin D and calcium for prevention of melanoma in a high-risk group,” said lead researcher Dr. Jean Tang, an assistant professor of dermatology at Stanford University School of Medicine.<\/p>\n

The women most at risk of developing the life-threatening cancer are those who have had a previous non-melanoma form of skin cancer, such as basal cell or squamous cell cancer, the researchers said.<\/p>\n

Vitamin<\/span><\/a> D and calcium are well-known for their roles in bone growth, but they also affect other cells in the body. Some studies have shown that vitamin D and calcium are associated with lower risk of colon, breast, prostate and other cancers, the researchers said.<\/p>\n

Tang speculated that cancer cells lurking in the skin of women who have had a previous skin cancer may be waiting to develop into melanoma. “But if they take calcium and vitamin D that reduces the risk of developing an actual tumor,” she said.<\/p>\n

As little as 400 international units (IU) of vitamin D daily may be protective, Tang said. The U.S. Institute of Medicine now recommends 600 IU of vitamin D daily, she added.<\/p>\n

Calcium has also been shown to reduce tumor growth in patients with colon cancer, Tang said. “So maybe calcium has a role, too,” she said. “I can’t say whether it was the calcium or the vitamin D that was important.”<\/p>\n

But the combination seemed to convey a benefit, she added.<\/p>\n

Whether these results would be seen in men or young women isn’t known, Tang noted. But an earlier study led by Tang found a benefit from vitamin D in reducing the risk of melanoma among older men.<\/p>\n

“More studies need to be done, because we want to make sure these results are true in other communities,” Tang said.<\/p>\n

The report was published in the June 27 online edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology<\/em>.<\/p>\n

For the study, Tang’s team collected data on 36,282 postmenopausal women, 50 to 79 years old, who took part in the Women’s Health<\/span><\/a> Initiative study. As part of a test to see if calcium plus vitamin D had any effect on hip fractures or colon cancer, the women were randomly assigned to take supplements or placebo.<\/p>\n

The supplements were 1,000 milligrams of calcium and 400 IU of vitamin D daily.<\/p>\n

Over about seven years of follow-up, the women taking the supplements who had had previous non-melanoma skin cancer reduced their risk of developing melanoma by 57 percent, compared with similar women not taking the supplements.<\/p>\n

Click here <\/a>to read more<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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