European researchers have found that a lack in circulating vitamin D may be correlated to a greater risk of colorectal cancer. Their study showed that people in the top fifth of vitamin D levels had a 40 percent lower risk for this disease, although more research is needed to conclude that increase in this vitamin can effectively reduce the risk for this cancer.
If more research can support these findings, vitamin D may play a role in controlling cancer by modulating cell growth and death by reducing the development of blood vessels to support tumor tissue.
