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Do calcium supplements decrease prostate cancer risk? if so, how many mg/day? should a man stop calcium supplements after finding prostate cancer?
11 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
See below: The medical literature has no good evidence that calcium iether helps prevent or causes prostate cancer. I would take calsium because we are seeing more osteoporosis in men than ever before.
Answered 11/27/2017
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No real evidence.: There has been epidemiologic data and a phase i clinical trial of vitamin d as a potential chemopreventative agent for prostate cancer, but the data are equivocal. We continue to recommend usrda levels of calcium + vitamin d in our patients with prostate cancer. Especially with metastatic prostate cancer, those on hormones are at high risk for osteoporosis and skeletal related events. Take care..
Answered 11/27/2017
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