Breast Cancer treatment – Vitamin D was the most-popular supplement – Jan 2023

Dietary Supplement Use in Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer

The Journal of Nutrition Volume 153, Issue 1, Jan 2023, Pages 301-311 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2022.12.007
Meg Hauer 1 †, Anthony M. Rossi 2 †, Betsy C. Wertheim 3, Hilary B. Kleppel 2, Jennifer W. Bea 3 4 5, Janet L. Funk 3 5 6

Vitamin and Mineral supplementations and reduced use of Chemo Therapy
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About 75% of vitamin D recommendations were by Health Care Providers
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Background
Vitamins, minerals, and natural product (NP)-derived dietary supplements are commonly used among women with breast cancer, where interactions with treatments and the disease are possible, emphasizing the importance for health care providers to be aware of supplement use.

Objectives
The study aimed to investigate current vitamin/mineral (VM) and NP supplement use among those diagnosed with breast cancer, including usage based on tumor type or concurrent breast cancer treatments and primary information sources for specific supplements.

Methods
Social media recruiting to complete an online questionnaire self-reporting current VM and NP use and breast cancer diagnosis and treatment information primarily attracted US participants. Analyses, including multivariate logistic regression, were performed on 1271 women who self-reported breast cancer diagnosis and completed the survey.

Results
Most participants reported current VM (89.5%) and NP (67.7%) use, with 46.5% (VM) and 26.7% (NP) using at least 3 products concurrently. Top-reported (>15% prevalence) products were vitamin D, calcium, multivitamin, and vitamin C for VM and probiotics, turmeric, fish oil/omega-3 fatty acids, melatonin, and cannabis for NP. Overall, VM or NP use was higher among those with hormone receptor-positive tumors. Although overall NP use did not differ according to current breast cancer treatments, VM use was significantly less common among those currently undergoing chemotherapy or radiation, but higher with current endocrine therapy. Among current chemotherapy users, specific VM and NP supplements with possible adverse effects were still used by 23% of respondents. Medical providers were the primary information source for VM, whereas NP information sources were more varied.

Conclusions
Because women diagnosed with breast cancer commonly reported concurrent use of multiple VM and NP supplements, including those with known or underexplored risks (or benefits) in breast cancer, it is important for health care providers to inquire about and facilitate discussions regarding supplement use in this population.
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Graphs of Vitamin D and Cancer – meta-analysis Dec 2011 08 Dec, 2024
As Breast Cancer get worse, both Vitamin D and Magnesium crash – Oct 2024 03 Nov, 2024
Suppression of CYP24A1 gene got more Vitamin D to cells to fight Breast Cancer – March 2023 10 Aug, 2024
Analysis of 280 Breast Cancer meta-analyses: having low vitamin D was highly suggestive – umbrella July 2024 28 Jul, 2024
Vitamin D needed to treat Breast Cancer varied by 70X – March 2024 24 Jul, 2024
DNA analysis of genes (Polygenic risk) shows increased risk of 9 health problems (all 9 fought by Vitamin D) – Feb 2024 07 Jul, 2024
Risk of Vitamin D deficiency with Breast Cancer: 2.7 X if normal weight, 7 X if obese (no surprise) – March 2024 26 Mar, 2024
Early Breast Cancer associated with low vitamin D – June 2017 14 Mar, 2024
Breast Cancer increased 2.3 X with high Phosphate in diet if not increase vitamin D - Aug 2023 21 Dec, 2023
Breast Cancer prevention with vitamin D might reduce number of mammograms by 4X – Aug 2022 23 Aug, 2023
Breast Cancer survival: 44% with just 10,000 IU of vitamin D per week, 33% with placebo – RCT Dec 2023 13 Aug, 2023
13 Cancers are helped by Vitamin D – Biobank July 2023 19 Jul, 2023
Breast Cancer treatment – Vitamin D was the most-popular supplement – Jan 2023 30 Jun, 2023
Breast Cancer not prevented by vitamin D when use small doses or for just a short time – Meta-analysis April 2023 11 May, 2023
Breast Cancer survivors with high vitamin D were 3.3 X less likely to have metastases – May 2023 07 May, 2023
Vitamin D after breast cancer diagnosis - May 2012 18 Apr, 2023
Breast Cancer trial using 50,000 IU Vitamin D weekly cancelled (no funding) 18 Apr, 2023
Breast Cancer chemotherapy improved if able to suppress a vitamin D gene (CYP24A1) – May 2023 18 Mar, 2023
No Breast Cancer association with Vitamin D (none had enough) – Jan 2023 05 Feb, 2023
Cancer risk reduced 65 percent by vitamin D levels greater than 40 nanograms – April 2016 31 Dec, 2022
50,000 weekly increased vitamin D levels in breast cancer patients – Mar 2011 06 Nov, 2022
Breast Cancers with the lowest Vitamin D levels were more likely to metastasize – Sept 2022 27 Sep, 2022
Breast cancer recurred twice as often if have less than 20 ng of vitamin D – Dec 2018 17 Aug, 2022
Breast Cancer not prevented by 1,000 IU of Vitamin D (no surprise) – RCT Aug 2021 14 Apr, 2022
Cancer of breast is highest in dark-skinned women (low Vitamin D: dark skin and obese) - Feb 2022 12 Feb, 2022
Breast Cancer, Vitamin D, and genes – Welsh Nov 2021 09 Feb, 2022
Breast Cancer risk reduced 12 percent if recently used some amount of Vitamin D – Jan 2022 01 Dec, 2021
Breast Cancer Trial using monotherapy vitamin D will probably fail – Nov 2021 02 Nov, 2021
After lactation Vitamin D levels are low, increased risk of Breast Cancer, vitamin D should decrease risk – Aug 2021 20 Aug, 2021
Breasts process Vitamin D and change gene activation, might prevent breast cancer if given more Vit. D – July 2021 10 Jul, 2021
Vitamin D and breast cancer radiation 15 Mar, 2021
Vitamin D associated with 2X better health and less stress, both before and after Breast Cancer – Dec 2014 01 Mar, 2021
Half of Breast Cancer patients opt for vitamin D (German survey) – Jan 2021 31 Jan, 2021
Deaths from many types of Cancer associated with low vitamin D- review of meta-analyses Sept 2020 09 Nov, 2020
Breast Cancer again associated with low vitamin D – 15th meta-analysis Sept 2020 02 Oct, 2020
Breast cancer chemo made more women vitamin D insufficient, even 6 months later– 2019 12 May, 2020
Many Ashkenazi Jewish diseases associated with low vitamin D or poor Vit D genes 20 Jan, 2020
Breast, Prostate and Colon Cancers are still strongly associated with low Vitamin D – Grant Jan 2020 01 Jan, 2020
Vitamin D both prevents and treats Breast Cancer – 2019 08 Nov, 2019
Increased risk of various cancers if poor vitamin D genes (Binding Protein and CYP27B1) - Sept 2019 25 Sep, 2019
Breast Cancer 3X more likely if low vitamin D (Principal Component Analysis) – Sept 2019 18 Sep, 2019
Breast Cancer chemo reduces Bone Mineral Density, injecting Vitamin D increases it – Sept 2019 07 Sep, 2019
Review of Breast cancer prevention by Vitamin D, and other micronutrients– June 2019 10 Jul, 2019
Vitamin D reduced Breast Cancer mortality in 9 out of 9 studies, yet still no consensus – April 2019 13 Apr, 2019
Infertile women 10 percent more likely to die (perhaps due disease associated with low vitamin D – Nov 2017 23 Mar, 2019
Breast Cancer and Vitamin D review – March 2018 17 Mar, 2019
Increased incidence of 7 cancers if live far from equator (if not take vitamin D) – March 2019 14 Mar, 2019
Women worried about breast cancer seem to be taking vitamin D – Jan 2019 05 Jan, 2019
Cancer patients 64% less likely to die if have high level of vitamin D – Dec 2011 26 Nov, 2018
Cancer treatment by Vitamin D sometimes is restricted by genes – Oct 2018 01 Nov, 2018
Breast cancer 36 percent less likely for each 4 ng increase in vitamin D – Sept 2018 15 Oct, 2018
Safer Than Mammograms, Slashes Your Risk by 83 Percent – Vitamin D, Mercola – Oct 2018 15 Oct, 2018
Birth weight more than 9.9 lbs increases risk of breast cancer by 1.5 (wonder about Vitamin D) – Oct 2018 13 Oct, 2018
Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer lowers Vitamin D levels – Oct 2018 25 Sep, 2018
Vitamin D reduces the risk of Breast Cancer, improves treatment, and improves survival 10 Sep, 2018
Vitamin D is 100X better than folic acid during pregnancy 31 Aug, 2018
Vitamin D prevents breast cancer, reduces BC mortality, and reduces BC chemotherapy problems – Sept 2018 21 Aug, 2018
Diagnosed with breast cancer – take vitamin D to cut chance of death by half – July 2018 25 Jul, 2018
Breast Cancer treatment outcome might be predictable from Vitamin D test results – trial 2024 20 Jul, 2018
Breast Cancer 80 percent less likely if high level of vitamin D – June 2018 17 Jul, 2018
Most triple negative Breast Cancers are associated with low vitamin D – May 2018 27 May, 2018
Fewer Breast Cancer deaths if more muscle (probably due to less fat, more Vitamin D) – April 2018 07 Apr, 2018
Breast Cancer far more likely in the sister having poor Vitamin D binding protein or poor CYP2R1 gene – March 2018 18 Mar, 2018
Breast and Liver Cancers statistically associated with low vitamin D (Japan) – March 2018 08 Mar, 2018
Breast Cancer survivors in Switzerland take Vitamin D (but often not enough) – Jan 2018 30 Jan, 2018
Following breast cancer 100K IU Vitamin D doses twice a month helped a lot – RCT July 2016 31 Dec, 2017
Breast Cancer prevented by Vitamin D (most studies concur) – Dec 2017 23 Dec, 2017
Vitamin D gene (CYP24A1) changes decrease breast and pancreatic cancers – meta-analysis Nov 2017 20 Dec, 2017
Breast Cancer Chemotherapy initially decreases vitamin D levels – May 2012 13 Dec, 2017
Breast Cancer chemotherapy 2.7 X more likely to be successful if not vitamin D deficient – Dec 2017 13 Dec, 2017
Triple-negative Breast Cancer treatment aided by Vitamin D – May 2016 10 Nov, 2017
Perhaps most, but not all, types of Breast Cancer are helped by Vitamin D – March 2017 10 Nov, 2017
Triple-negative breast cancer is 3X more frequent if less than 32 ng of vitamin D – March 2012 01 Nov, 2017
Breast cancer in blacks – 5X increased risk of triple negative if low vitamin D – Oct 2017 01 Nov, 2017
Breast Cancer inhibited by Vitamin D and Calcitriol – mouse studies provide insight – Aug 2015 12 Sep, 2017
Breast Cancer 7.8 times more likely if Vitamin D less than 20 ng (100 women) – May 2017 17 Aug, 2017
Increased Breast Cancer metastasis if low vitamin D or poor VDR – Feb 2016 09 Aug, 2017
Low vitamin D associated with dense breasts, which are associated with breast cancer – April 2012 18 Jul, 2017
Breast Density and Cancer not reduced by Vitamin D (only used 3,000 IU) - RCT July 2017 18 Jul, 2017
Breast Cancer Chemotherapy dropped Vitamin D levels by 6 nanograms – Nov 2015 14 Jul, 2017
Breast cancer cells killed synergistically by Vitamin D plus Omega-3 (lab) – June 2017 20 Jun, 2017
Breast Cancer Mortality reduced 60 percent if more than 60 ng of Vitamin D – meta-analysis June 2017 13 Jun, 2017
Breast Cancer severity strongly associated with low vitamin D – May 2017 12 Jun, 2017
Breast Cancer aromatase therapy can cause sore tendons if low vitamin D – March 2015 27 Mar, 2017
Overview Breast Cancer and Vitamin D 09 Jan, 2017
ALL of the top 10 health problems of women are associated with low vitamin D 22 Dec, 2016
Breast Cancer outcomes much better if higher vitamin D levels – Nov 2016 10 Nov, 2016
Hypothesis: Vitamin D treating of breast and other cancers may be via CCN genes – Oct 2016 15 Oct, 2016
Digital Mammography Specialists – Breast Cancer prevented and treated with Vitamin D – Sept 2016 12 Sep, 2016
Vitamin D review of Colorectal, Breast, and Prostate Cancers – May 2016 05 Jun, 2016
Vitamin D and cancer – epidemiological association with colon and breast – Sept 2014 28 May, 2016
Breast Cancer rate reduced 72 percent by vitamin D gene polymorphism CYP24A1 – Nov 2014 30 Mar, 2016
Breast cancer chemotherapy benefits from highest vitamin D levels – June 2014 03 Mar, 2016
Aromatase inhibitors did not work this time – probably too much vitamin D – Feb 2012 12 Feb, 2016
Postmenopausal Breast cancer 63 percent more likely if low vitamin D – July 2012 02 Oct, 2015
Breast Cancer survived much longer if have more than 20 nanograms of vitamin D – Sept 2015 30 Sep, 2015
Breast Cancer: 26 percent less risk if menopausal hormone therapy plus vitamin D – Sept 2015 12 Sep, 2015
3X increased chance of Breast Cancer if recent vitamin D levels were low – Jan 2013 01 Jul, 2015
Breast cancer associated with high Calcium AND low vitamin D - April 2015 23 Jun, 2015
Aromatase inhibitor chemotherapy after breast cancer not associated with vitamin D levels – Dec 2011 24 May, 2015
Increased risk of some female cancers if low vitamin D (due to genes) – meta-analysis June 2015 03 May, 2015
Breast Cancer risk reduced (in mice) which got vitamin D – May 2015 03 May, 2015
Cancer deaths strongly related to low vitamin D if sampled near time of diagnosis – Feb 2012 18 Apr, 2015
Breast Cancer is prevented by vitamin D – but more RCT are needed to understand why – April 2015 15 Apr, 2015
Not enough women willing to stop taking vitamin D to permit breast cancer clinical trial – June 2012 14 Mar, 2015
Photodynamic Therapy used to kill cancer in mice was improved 4X by Vitamin D – Feb 2015 10 Mar, 2015
85 percent less risk of death from Breast Cancer when vitamin D levels higher than 30 ng – May 2012 13 Feb, 2015
Cancers and Vitamin D Council 24 Jan, 2015
Breast Cancer – review of 2 RCT did not find association with 1000 IU of Vitamin D – July 2013 16 Nov, 2014
Vitamin D proven to treat or prevent many cancers in animals, but only breast cancer in humans so far – Jan 2014 15 Nov, 2014
Women taking Vitamin D had fewest deaths after post-menopause breast cancer – May 2013 15 Nov, 2014
Breast Cancer reduced 20 percent by just 400 IU of vitamin D plus Calcium – 2011 15 Nov, 2014
Cancer (colon, breast, lymph) survival about 2X better with high level vitamin D – meta-analysis July 2014 30 Sep, 2014
Colorectal and Breast Cancer – Vitamin D is associated with fewer deaths – meta-analysis Feb 2014 30 Sep, 2014
Cancer survival 4 percent more likely with just a little more vitamin D (4 ng) - meta-analysis July 2014 12 May, 2014
More survive Breast Cancer if more vitamin D – 2X fewer deaths with just 30 ng -meta-analysis March 2014 08 May, 2014
Death due to breast cancer reduced 40 percent if high vitamin D – meta-analysis April 2014 08 Apr, 2014
Walking an hour a day (more vitamin D) decreased chance of breast cancer by 14 percent – Oct 2013 20 Mar, 2014
Breast Cancer patients wearing concealing clothing were 13X more likely to be vitamin D deficient – March 2014 14 Mar, 2014
Thoughts on encouraging Vitamin D to reduce Breast Cancer, etc. 09 Mar, 2014
Breast Cancer survival 2X more likely if vitamin D sufficient – meta-analysis May 2013 06 Mar, 2014
Breast Cancer associated with low vitamin D in low latitudes only in white women – Jan 2014 13 Feb, 2014
If have BRCA1 breast cancer gene, instead of double mastectomy, get 40ng of vitamin D – Jan 2013 09 Nov, 2013
Breast Cancer post menopause down 12 percent for every 5 ng of vitamin D – meta-analysis May 2013 28 Oct, 2013
30 percent reduced chance of breast cancer death if take tiny amount of vitamin D (one-a-day) – Oct 2013 27 Oct, 2013
Breast cancer increasing in India (perhaps due to lowering vitamin D) – Oct 2013 20 Oct, 2013
Shift work increases breast cancer risk by 22 percent (Vitamin D is 1 of 5 possible ways) – Oct 2013 12 Oct, 2013
Vitamin D and Breast Cancer: Emerging Concepts - June 2013 22 Jul, 2013
More sunlight (more vitamin D), less dense breasts – July 2013 11 Jul, 2013
Need lots of UV AND vitamin D to reduce risk of breast cancer – Jan 2011 08 Jul, 2013
Hypothesis: Vitamin D is related to breast cancer racial disparities in the US - Sept 2012 08 Jul, 2013
Recurrence of breast cancer not associated with vitamin D levels – Jan 2011 08 Jul, 2013
Vitamin D3 sensitizes breast cancer to radiation treatment - increasing cancer cell death – May 2010 08 Jul, 2013
Vitamin D Might Be Able to Slash Your Breast Cancer Risk by 90 Percent - Baggerly, Mercola: May 2013 08 Jul, 2013
Breast Cancer and Vitamin D: Dr Garland - video June 2013 08 Jul, 2013
Compelling evidence – Breast Cancer and vitamin D – Dissertation June 2012 08 Jul, 2013
Vitamin D and Breast Cancer Incidence and Outcome - Jan 2013 08 Jul, 2013
Breast Cancer chance decreased 16 percent for every extra ng of vitamin D – Jan 2013 08 Jul, 2013
If have breast cancer, should increase vitamin D to more than 30 ng – Jan 2012 08 Jul, 2013
Breast Cancer and long term vitamin D studies – March 2013 08 Jul, 2013
Wide variety of data on vitamin D and breast cancer, but still insufficient clinical data – Feb 2013 08 Jul, 2013
3.2 percent less Breast Cancer for 2.4 ng more vitamin D – meta-analysis June 2013 08 Jul, 2013
Vitamin D and breast cancer – overview – Oncologist 2012 08 Jul, 2013
6X less Breast Cancer if have even minimal vitamin D – July 2013 26 Jun, 2013
4X less Breast Cancer if have enough vitamin D – Dec 2010 23 May, 2013
2900 IU not enough vitamin D to deal with Breast Cancer – Feb 2013 12 Apr, 2013
How Vitamin D reduces chance of breast cancer – review May 2012 13 Mar, 2013
Breast Cancer not correlated with vitamin D – were they all low March 2013 05 Mar, 2013
Quantum dots should deliver active vitamin D directly to inflammatory breast cancer tumors – Feb 2013 17 Feb, 2013
Breast cancer tissues in petri dish benefit from active but not inactive vitamin D – Oct 2012 07 Jan, 2013
The sun appears better at reducing incidence of some cancers than vitamin D – Dec 2012 17 Dec, 2012
Big Pharma continues to seek a patentable form of vitamin D for Breast Cancer – Nov 2012 13 Nov, 2012
Dental and breast cancer might be linked by Vitamin D - March 2011 10 Nov, 2012
Breast Cancer stages and vitamin D levels – 2011 20 Oct, 2012
Breast tumor 1 inch bigger for each 1 ng decrease in vitamin D – Dec 2011 21 Sep, 2012
2X more likely to survive breast cancer disease free if lots of vitamin D – July 2011 22 Aug, 2012
Missing molar and 12X increase in breast cancer – probable vitamin D link Aug 2011 11 Aug, 2012
Breast Cancer vs vitamin D chart - 2010 06 Aug, 2012
Breast cancer association with low vitamin D suggested by Meta-analysis -April 2010 19 Jul, 2012
No correlation between breast cancer - density - vitamin D – Aug 2010 05 Jun, 2012
Vitamin D and breast cancer: interpreting current evidence – Aug 2011 15 May, 2012
Vitamin D and Prevention of Breast Cancer - 2010 03 Apr, 2012
50 percent less breast cancer when have enough vitamin D - Sept 2011 02 Jan, 2012
Breast cancer reduced by 10 percent when vitamin D levels exceeded 27 ng 17 Oct, 2011
Breast Cancer 5 year study will give free vitamin D tests for 1000 women- Oct 2011 13 Oct, 2011
Breast cancer survivors should take vitamin D – Mar 2010 17 Jul, 2011
No reduction in Breast Cancer when vitamin D less than 40 ng - May 2011 15 May, 2011
Little reduction in breast cancer for additional vitamin D or sun – March 2011 29 Mar, 2011
Meta-analysis found vitamin D association with colon but not prostate nor breast cancer May 2010 17 Jan, 2011
Breast Cancer recurred more when less than 20 ng of vitamin D – Oct 2010 20 Oct, 2010
Breast Cancer and pregnancy both better with vitamin D 03 Oct, 2010
Breast cancer may result from poor interaction with vitamin D – Sept 2010 18 Sep, 2010
Might too much vitamin D cause a form of breast cancer – Feb 2010 14 Sep, 2010
Meta-analysis not find low vitamin D years before breast cancer – Aug 2010 10 Sep, 2010
Breast Cancer associated with low vitamin D - Sept 2010 10 Sep, 2010
Progesterone decreased by 10 percent for every 4 ng increase in Vitamin D – Aug 2010 31 Aug, 2010
Meta-analysis confirmed that vitamin D and calcium prevents breast cancer – June 2010 30 Aug, 2010
Breast cancer reduced by 45 percent for women with the most vitamin D – July 2010 21 Jul, 2010
Fish oil and vitamin D reduced breast cancer in rats – June 2010 07 Jul, 2010
Meta-analysis did not find strong association between vitamin D and breast cancer risk -April 2010 12 May, 2010

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