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Artikel ProfDr Westendorf uit Bio2 2009
Artikel WangMY Morinda Citrifolia Research
Boekpublikatie Dr. P.A.J. Holst, Hoe vergroten wij onze afweer tegen kanker
Samenvatting: Mohr, S.B. et al. Relationship between Low Ultraviolet B Irradiance and Higher Breast Cancer Risk in 107 Countries. The Breast Journal, 14
Abstract: Epidemiological data show an inverse relationship between vitamin D levels and breast cancer incidence. This study investigates the relationship of modeled and measured serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels with age-standardized incidence rates of breast cancer in 107 countries. The hypothesis being tested is that breast cancer incidence is inversely related to geographically-dependent cutaneous sunlight exposure. A multiple regression approach was used to examine the contributions of ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiance to age-standardized incidence rates of breast cancer in the 107 countries with data on these covariates—total column ozone thickness, per capita intake of alcohol and energy from animal and vegetable sources, cigarettes, proportion of female population overweight, and total fertility. Age-standardized incidence rates were substantially higher at latitudes distant from the equator (R2 = 0.43, p < 0.0001). The dose–response gradient between modeled serum 25(OH)D levels and incidence rates of breast cancer followed a standard inverse dose–response curve. Increasing increments in serum 25(OH)D in the range above 22 ng/mL were associated with incrementally lower incidence rates of breast cancer. According to multiple regression, UVB irradiance adjusted for cloud cover was inversely associated with incidence rates (p = 0.04) after controlling for covariates. Intake of energy from animal sources was also positively associated with incidence rates (p < 0.01). The overall coefficient of determination, R2, was 0.81 (p < 0.0001). There was a protective effect of UVB irradiance on risk of breast cancer that was independent of fertility rate, proportion of the population overweight, alcohol intake, animal energy intake, and other covariates.
Samenvatting: Knight KA et al: 'Vitamin D and Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Case-Control Study'; Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 16:860-868, 2007.
Vitamine D3 vermindert bostkanker-risico
Een recente epidemiologische studie wijst wederom op een beschermend effect van vitamine D tegen de ontwikkeling van borstkanker. In toenemende mate blijkt uit onderzoek dat vitamine D een preventieve bijdrage levert in de strijd tegen de ontwikkeling van diverse vormen van kanker. In wetenschappelijke kringen dringt men er dan ook op aan om, in het belang van de volksgezondheid, de ADH van vitamine D3 (nu 5 mcg/200 IE) drastisch te verhogen. Vitamine D3 komt slechts in kleine hoeveelheden in de voeding voor en is daarom onder andere als supplement verkrijgbaar in de vorm van levertraan (vitamine A en D) of als zuivere vitamine D3 in tabletvorm.
Vitamin D3 is eigenlijk een hormoon dat door de huid zelf, onder invloed van zonlicht, uit cholesterol wordt aangemaakt. Zonlicht is voor de meesten van ons gedurende het hele jaar, op enkele vakantieweken na, een schaars goed. Onderzoek geeft nu aan dat diverse factoren die de vitamine D-status van de mens positief beïnvloeden een sterke risicoreductie op borstkanker opleveren. Zo bleek bij vrouwen die tijdens de adolescentie het meest aan zonlicht waren blootgesteld, de kans op borstkanker 35% lager te zijn in vergelijking met de groep die het minste zonlicht had genoten. Verder bleek vitamine D bevattende voeding, zoals levertraan en melk, ook de kans op borstkanker tot zelfs 38% te reduceren. Dit onderzoek wees ook op het belang van voldoende vitamine D tijdens de periode van borstontwikkeling bij jonge vrouwen, omdat dit waarschijnlijk voor het verdere leven de meeste vitamine D-gerelateerde bescherming tegen borstkanker biedt. Vitamine D blijft echter gedurende het hele leven een uiterst belangrijke stof!
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2198088
Significant prolongation of disease-free period gained by oral polysaccharide K (PSK) administration after curative surgical operation of colorectal cancer.
Torisu M, Hayashi Y, Ishimitsu T, Fujimura T, Iwasaki K, Katano M, Yamamoto H, Kimura Y, Takesue M, Kondo M, et al.
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First Department of Surgery, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Abstract
To examine the clinical efficacy and the mechanism of action of polysaccharide K (PSK), a protein-bound polysaccharide extracted from a Basidiomycetes fungus, a randomized double-blind trial was performed by administering PSK to 56 patients and a placebo to another group of 55 patients after surgical operations on their colorectal cancers. The rate of patients in remission (or disease-free) was significantly higher in the PSK group than in the placebo group; the difference between both groups was statistically significant at P less than 0.05 by the log-rank test. The survival rate of patients was also significantly (P less than 0.05) higher in the PSK group than in the control group. The most significant laboratory finding was that polymorphonuclear leukocytes from PSK-treated patients showed remarkable enhancement in their activities, such as random and/or chemotactic locomotion, and phagocytic activity, when compared with those in the control group. In conclusion, PSK was useful as a maintenance therapy for patients after their curative surgical operations for colorectal cancer. The beneficial effects were probably due to the activation of leukocyte functions as one of the many biological-response-modifying (activities i
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