A Mayo Clinic research team reported this week that lymphoma patients with higher vitamin D levels were much less likely to see the disease progress and may be twice as likely to survive.
“Lead investigator Dr. Matthew Drake of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., said the research team tracked 374 patients enrolled in the University of Iowa /Mayo Clinic Lymphoma Specialized Program of Research Excellence, who had been diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma — a cancer of the white blood cells called lymphocytes,” United Press International reported.

“These are some of the strongest findings yet between vitamin D and cancer outcome,” Drake told UPI. “While these findings are very provocative, they are preliminary and need to be validated in other studies.”

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