Study links vitamin D to colon cancer survival
Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 02:21
in Health & Medicine
Patients diagnosed with colon cancer who had abundant vitamin D in their blood were less likely to die during a follow-up period than those who were deficient in the vitamin, according to a new study by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
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