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Vitamin D as prevention agent?

Page last modified on: November 20, 2008
Question from Fava: There have been some scientific presentations on the efficacy of Vitamin D as a possible breast cancer prevention agent. What is your take on this and if favored, what are your recommendations as far as daily supplemental intake (in the form of tablets)? Some are saying as much as 1,000 IU/day. Thanks.
Answer —Nicholas Robert, M.D.: There is some information on the benefit of the use of Vitamin D. At this point, it's not clear that the evidence is definitive. However, in postmenopausal women who are at risk for osteoporosis, there is a good argument to use Vitamin D, as much as 800 IU/day. Of course for preventing osteoporosis one should also use exercise and calcium.

On Wednesday, June 20, 2007, the Ask-the-Expert Online Conference was called Updates from the 2008 ASCO Annual Meeting. Generosa Grana, M.D., F.A.C.P. and moderator Nicholas Robert, M.D. answered your questions about the latest news on breast cancer screening, treatment, and side effects reported at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago.

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Generosa Grana, M.D., F.A.C.PGenerosa Grana, M.D., F.A.C.P. is the director of the Cooper Cancer Institute and heads the division of hematology/medical oncology at Cooper University Hospital.

Nicholas Robert, M.D.Nicholas Robert, M.D. is a co-chair of the Breast Committee of the U.S. Oncology Research Network and also chairs the Cancer Committee and Research Committee of the Inova Fairfax Hospital's Cancer Center. 

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