Vitamin D reduces the risk of bladder cancer

A recent study shows that Vitamin D is able to reduce the risk of bladder cancer.

A recent study by Spanish scientists, published in the Journal of the Spanish National Cancer Institute, has shown that people with low blood levels of vitamin D are at risk for cancer. Bladder is 2 times higher than normal people. The low vitamin D content makes the patient at risk of getting the most dangerous form of cancer 6 times higher.

Every year Spain has about 11,000 new bladder cancer cases, one of the highest in the world. Every year the US has about 73,500 new cases, with 15,000 deaths. This is the main disease acquired in the elderly, with 9/10 patients aged over 55.

Previously, it was known that low vitamin D levels were linked to breast and colon cancers, but no studies have shown vitamin D deficiency is associated with bladder cancer.

Vitamin D reduces the risk of bladder cancer

The team collected blood samples from 1,125 patients with bladder cancer from more than 18 hospitals in Spain and 1,028 blood samples from people without the disease. They measured the level of hidroxy25 of vitamin D - the most stable form of this vitamin. They found that people with the lowest vitamin levels were 1.83 times more likely to develop bladder cancer than those with the highest levels of this vitamin, and those with vitamin levels. D is low in the risk of developing this disease is 5.94 times higher than normal people.

Molecular studies show that vitamin D regulates the production of FGFR3 protein, one of the proteins that plays an important role in curbing the development of bladder cancer.