The study, which comes from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, found that vitamin D deficiency can predict aggressive prostate cancer as a biomaker.
As reported by thehealthsite, the study showed a link between vitamin D levels and aggressive prostate cancer based on blood sampling samples. Vitamin D is a biomaker for bone health and aggressiveness of other diseases. So it is important for everyone to check the levels of vitamin D in the body.
Aggressive prostate cancer is described as a cancer that has migrated out of the prostate and has a high Gleason score. This is used to help evaluate the prognosis of men with prostate cancer.
A low Gleason score means cancerous tissue is similar to normal prostate tissue and tends to spread. While high Gleason score means cancerous tissue that is far from normal and more likely to spread
