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Calcium and vitamin D supplements may raise risk of polyps


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Analysis of data from a large trial has found evidence that using calcium supplements — with and without vitamin D — may raise the risk of developing certain types of polyp, or precancerous growths, in the colon or rectum up to 10 years after starting to take supplements.
calcium vitamin d supplementsIt was found that taking calcium supplements, with and without vitamin D, may increase the risk of polyps in the colon or rectum.
The data came from a randomized clinical trial that tested the use of calcium and vitamin D supplements to prevent colorectal polyps.
The researchers, who report their findings in the journal Gut, recommend that additional studies should now be done to validate their results.
Should the findings be confirmed, however, the study authors believe that they will have "important implications" for the screening and prevention of colorectal cancer.
Previous studies investigating the effect of calcium and vitamin D supplements on polyp prevention have yielded inconsistent results.
Colorectal cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells proliferate and give rise to abnormal growths in the colon or rectum, which together form the large intestine, or bowel.
The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimate that in the United States in 2017, there were 95,520 newly diagnosed cases of colon cancer and 39,910 of rectal cancer, and that 27,150 men and 23,110 women died from one of these diseases.

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