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Vitamin B12 and Cancer What is this ?

 
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PMCCARTHY
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 1:21 pm    Post subject: Vitamin B12 and Cancer Reply with quote
Hi everyone,

I am inquiring about vitamin B12 and cancer. I have read to be cautious about how much to take during chemo, but does anyone have any other info about B12 intake if you have cancer. Should one take less of it? Its primary role, from what I understand, is that it help synthesize DNA...so would think that it is a bad thing to take a lot of if you have cancer???

Any advice would be appreciated.

Patti [/b]
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dizzybuff38
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:24 am    Post subject: B12 Reply with quote
Hi Patti - I have been having monthly B12 shots for Crohn's for about 20 yrs now as my terminal ileum is scarred and I cannot absorb B12 from food. I got breast cancer in 2003 and had 4 and a half months of FEC chemo. Neither my Oncologist or Gastroenterologist mentioned anything about stopping the B12, so I had my usual shots and was fine.
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PMCCARTHY
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 6:35 am    Post subject: B12 and Cancer Reply with quote
Hi
Thanks forour reply...quite helpful!!!
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 5:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Vitamin B12 and Cancer Reply with quote
Hello

If you don't have any specific conditions that can prevent Vitamin b12 from being absorbed, there's no need to take extra vitamin b-12. In addition, it is water-soluble so toxicity is almost non-existent. There are observations that excess vitamin b-12 could increase the risk of prostate cancer, but these are not definite links.

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Leo
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