Research to prevent cancer

VITAMIN and calcium supplements can help to keep breast cancer at bay, new research suggests.

The supplements are thought to help cells repair damaged DNA using a process that involves more than 200 proteins.

Professor Jaime Matta, from the Ponce School of Medicine in Puerto Rico, said: “It is not an immediate effect. You don’t take a vitamin today and your breast cancer risk is reduced tomorrow. However, we did see a long-term effect in terms of breast cancer reduction.”