Vitamin D deficiency is quite common among patients with acute leukemia. This conclusion was made by scientists from the Indian King George's Medical University.
Acute leukemia is a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow, leading to death rather quickly in patients if left untreated. And now, Indian scientists have found that victims of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia most often have vitamin D deficiency. And the more pronounced it is, the worse the prognosis both during the main treatment and during remission.
Clinical studies in which patients received vitamin D supplements have shown that this is one of the available and effective strategies for improving overall survival. True, the scale of the studies was not very significant – only 73 patients, of which 44 were men, 29 women. The median age was 30 years, but 10 patients were over 50.
80.8% of patients had a vitamin D deficiency of less than 20 nanograms per milliliter, and 10% had a normal vitamin D level of over 20 nanograms per milliliter. milliliter. Note that vitamin D is extremely important for the functioning of bones and the immune system. Most of this nutrient is obtained by our body through exposure to sunlight from the skin, this vitamin is also found in some foods like oily fish. (READ MORE) 
King George's Medical University
Medicine
Medical school, hospital and medical university located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.