(Washington, DC) -- The risk of dying from colorectal cancer is less likely among people who have higher levels of vitamin D. That's according to new research published in the "Journal of the National Cancer Institute."
A man has defied colon cancer by traveling around China on a bicycle and has surprised doctors by the improvement in his health. Bater, 60, a former judge at a court in Wuhai, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, was diagnosed with colon cancer three years ago.
Oct. 30, 2007 – Vitamin D has received considerable favorable attention lately, primarily as a way to stop cancer, but that came crashing down today with the release of a large study – 16,818 participants – that concluded a higher vitamin D level is not associated with a lower risk of drying from cancer.
People with higher vitamin D levels are less likely to die of colorectal cancer, researchers said on Tuesday, but the vitamin does not appear to affect the chances of dying from any other type of cancer.
"My wife expects they'll find my head up there," Jack Merrick quipped minutes before being sedated for his colonoscopy. But for all the good-natured humor that infused Scope Fest, the danger of colon cancer was on the minds of its participants.
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