Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and its association with adverse outcomes during induction phase of treatment.

Conclusion: Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent in patients with ALL and is also associated with adverse outcome in these children. Further studies are needed on possible benefits of vitamin D supplementation for preventing complications during treatment of ALL. PMID: 31635487 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31635487?dopt=Abstract

Source: Nutrition and Cancer - October 21, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Bhattacharya S, Verma N, Kumar A Tags: Nutr Cancer Source Type: research