UCSD researchers show link between vitamin D status, breast canc...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Wed, 05/14/2008 - 23:00

(University of California - San Diego) Using newly available data on worldwide cancer incidence, researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego and the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine have shown a clear association between deficiency in exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B, and breast cancer.

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