Vitamin D supplements may be more successful at extending the survival rates of some cancer patients than novel drugs a leading cancer specialist has suggested. Professor Angus Dalgleish, a Consultant Oncologist at St George’s Hospital in south-west London, tests the vitamin D levels of all of his cancer patients and prescribes supplements when they are found to be low.
Professor Dalgleish says that in his view expensive new drugs often give little benefit to cancer patients whereas Vitamin D provides a real benefit.
Vitamin D is manufactured by the body naturally form the action of the sun on skin and it is vital for healthy bones and skin. There is increasing evidence of the benefits of Vitamin D in the treatment of a number of different types of cancers.
