Modified vitamin D shows promise as treatment for pancreatic cancer

Friday, September 26, 2014 - 05:31 in Health & Medicine

A vitamin D-derivative makes tumors vulnerable to chemotherapy, a new study shows. By attacking a wound repair mechanism called fibrosis, the findings may also have implications for other tough-to-treat tumors, such as lung, kidney and liver cancer, researchers report.

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