EADV: Vitamin D deficient melanoma patients may have lower chance of survival

Patients with melanoma (a type of skin cancer), who are deficient in vitamin D may have a lower chance of survival compared to patients who have normal levels of the vitamin. A study, presented at the 31st EADV Congress, found that vitamin D deficient melanoma patients are twice as likely to have lower overall survival than those with normal vitamin D levels. Melanoma develops when melanocytes (the cells that give skin colour) grow uncontrollably. In 2020, it was estimated that melanomas accounted for 4% of all new cancer diagnoses and 1.3 % of all cancer deaths in the EU. Previous