RE: Re: Shedding Light on Vitamin D and Integrative Oncology

[Guest guest]

There are some trials running in Canada using up to 40,000IU per day in cancer

patients and there is a phase I safety study in MS patients that showed 40,000IU

per day is safe. Go to clinicaltrials.gov and search for 'vitamin D cancer' and

you will find the trials

Hope that helps

 

From: jrrjim <jim.mcelroy>

Can you offer suggestions on the optimal intake for cancer patients? I'm

currently taking about 10,000 units of D3 a day, and thinking of going up to

20,000 units, with 90 mcg of K2 in the mix.

drKumar JK <drkumarj@.. .> wrote:

> Ira Cantor, MD

> Steiner Medical and Therapeutic Center, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

> Studies show an important relationship between vitamin D and malignancies,

both in prevention and treatment. The extraskeletal actions of vitamin D

relevant to oncology include being proapoptotic, antimetastatic, antiangiogenic,

antiinflammatory, prodifferentiating, and immunomodulating. Widespread and

severe vitamin D deficiencies exist worldwide. Decreased sun exposure, caused by

lifestyle changes, as well as fear of skin cancers, is the main cause of these

deficiencies. Recommended daily oral intakes, as well as suggested blood levels,

are below optimal levels suggested by studies. Improvement in vitamin D status,

through lifestyle changes and supplementation, can be of profound benefit

regarding the occurrence and mortality of malignancies

>

[Guest guest]

8000-10,000 i.u.ideal for cancer patients.More not necesssary though not toxic.

> Ira Cantor, MD

> Steiner Medical and Therapeutic Center, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

>

> Studies show an important relationship between vitamin D and malignancies,

both in prevention and treatment. The extraskeletal actions of vitamin D

relevant to oncology include being proapoptotic, antimetastatic, antiangiogenic,

antiinflammatory, prodifferentiating, and immunomodulating. Widespread and

severe vitamin D deficiencies exist worldwide. Decreased sun exposure, caused by

lifestyle changes, as well as fear of skin cancers, is the main cause of these

deficiencies. Recommended daily oral intakes, as well as suggested blood levels,

are below optimal levels suggested by studies. Improvement in vitamin D status,

through lifestyle changes and supplementation, can be of profound benefit

regarding the occurrence and mortality of malignancies

>

[Guest guest]

When testing your Vit D levels through bloodwork, what should they be? I'm

looking at my moms test results and there are so many tests that we have no idea

what they even are. We know Vit D was tested but do not know how to identify

it. Any clues?

Thanks,

Rose

From: drkumarj

8000-10,000 i.u.ideal for cancer patients.More not necesssary though not toxic.

Can you offer suggestions on the optimal intake for cancer patients? I'm

currently taking about 10,000 units of D3 a day, and thinking of going up to

20,000 units, with 90 mcg of K2 in the mix.

[Guest guest]

We expect the levels above 50 ng/ml in cancer patients to have anticancer

effects.

Dr.kumar

When testing your Vit D levels through bloodwork, what should they be? I'm

looking at my moms test results and there are so many tests that we have no idea

what they even are. We know Vit D was tested but do not know how to identify it.

Any clues?

Thanks,

Rose

From: drkumarj

8000-10,000 i.u.ideal for cancer patients.More not necesssary though not toxic.

[Guest guest]

Optimal vitamin D levels are thought to be between 50-70ng/ml. The anticancer

effect is thought to come into play above 30ng/ml. If your results are in umol/L

the conversion factor is 2.5 ie 1ng/ml=2.5umol/L

hope that helps

 

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From: Rosemarie Geiger <gypsy___rose@...>

Sent: Monday, April 6, 2009 5:36:52 PM

Subject: RE: [ ] Re: Shedding Light on Vitamin D and Integrative

Oncology

When testing your Vit D levels through bloodwork, what should they be? I'm

looking at my moms test results and there are so many tests that we have no idea

what they even are. We know Vit D was tested but do not know how to identify it.

Any clues?

Thanks,

Rose

From: drkumarj

8000-10,000 i.u.ideal for cancer patients.More not necesssary though not toxic.

Can you offer suggestions on the optimal intake for cancer patients? I'm

currently taking about 10,000 units of D3 a day, and thinking of going up to

20,000 units, with 90 mcg of K2 in the mix.