Sex Differences in the Effect of Vitamin D on Fatigue in Palliative Cancer Care—A Post Hoc Analysis of the Randomized, Controlled Trial ‘Palliative-D’

In the randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial ‘Palliative-D’, vitamin D treatment of 4000 IE/day for 12 weeks reduced opioid use and fatigue in vitamin-D-deficient cancer patients. In screening data from this trial, lower levels of vitamin D were associated with more fatigue in men but n...

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Main Authors: Caritha Klasson, Maria Helde Frankling, Anna Warnqvist, Carina Sandberg, Marie Nordström, Carina Lundh-Hagelin, Linda Björkhem-Bergman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-01-01
Series:Cancers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/14/3/746