Vitamin D hope in prostate cancer - BBC News Prostate cancer is a major killer

Vitamin D is an effective treatment for prostate cancer in some patients, a UK study suggests.

A once daily dose reduced PSA level - an indicator of severity of disease - by as much as half in 20% of patients.

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