Vitamin D Deficiency Worsens Breast Cancer?

Courtesy WebMD Health  Fri, 05/16/2008 - 00:00

Vitamin D deficiency is common among women diagnosed with breast cancer, and it may raise the risk of cancer spread and death, researchers report.


 

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