Vitamin D supplementation to palliative cancer patients shows positive effects on pain and infections-Results from a matched case-control study.

Vitamin D supplementation to palliative cancer patients shows positive effects on pain and infections-Results from a matched case-control study.

We previously showed an association between low vitamin D levels and high opioid doses to alleviate pain in palliative cancer patients. The aim of this case-controlled study was to investigate if vitamin D supplementation could improve pain management, quality of life (QoL) and decrease infections i...

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Main Authors: Maria Helde-Frankling, Jonas Höijer, Jenny Bergqvist, Linda Björkhem-Bergman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5578640?pdf=render

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