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A newly published British study shows Vitamin D levels depleted in women with advanced breast cancer. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Pathology, compared blood levels of Vitamin D in 279 women, some with early stage breast cancer, and some with more advanced disease. Women in early stages of the disease had significantly more Vitamin D in their blood.

Other recent research has shown Vitamin D to be protective against pancreatic, colorectal and prostate cancer, as well as breast and many other cancers. Author Stephen Daniels noted that a link was established between latitude and deaths from cancer as early as the 1940’s. The concept at that time was that sunlight, a natural source of Vitamin D, provided “a relative cancer immunity,” Daniels wrote for Nutraingredients.

Does fear of skin cancer lead to sunlight avoidance and subsequent breast cancer? The new study’s lead author suggests Vitamin D levels should be monitored in breast cancer patients.