Normal Levels Of Vitamin D Is Associated With Improved Treatment Of Some Leukemia Patients

Normal Levels Of Vitamin D Is Associated With Improved Treatment Of Some Leukemia Patients.
Patients with a non-specified model of leukemia who had meagre vitamin D levels when their cancer was diagnosed saw their disease progress much faster and were two times more favourite to die than those with adequate vitamin D levels, a new study finds. Researchers also discovered that increasing vitamin D levels in patients was linked to longer survival times, even after controlling for other factors associated with leukemia progression. This is an substantial decision for both patients and doctors, according to the researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn and the University of Iowa.

The disability - confirmed lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) - is cancer of the white blood cells (lymphocytes) and mainly affects adults. Although CLL is often diagnosed at an first stage, the standard approach is to linger until patients develop symptoms before beginning chemotherapy, explained study author and hematologist Dr Tait Shanafelt.