Vitamin D Doesn’t Cut Prostate Cancer Risk

Researchers said on Tuesday that vitamin D — the so-called sunshine vitamin — does not appear to cut a man’s risk of getting prostate cancer.

Previous studies have found protective effects from higher vitamin D levels for certain cancer types including colon and breast cancer, as well as other ailments.

U.S. National Cancer Institute researchers found no association between higher levels of the vitamin and a reduced prostate cancer risk. The findings hinted at a possible increased risk for aggressive prostate cancer in men with higher blood concentration of vitamin D, but this link was not statistically significant, the researchers said.