We focused on the effect of vitamin D treatment, alongside omega-3 fatty acids, on the nutritional status of women newly diagnosed with breast cancer in Palestine. In this study, 88 participants were divided into four groups: one receiving omega-3 supplements, another getting vitamin D, a third combining both, and a control group without active treatment.
Over a nine-week period, we provided patients with daily omega-3 capsules and weekly vitamin D tablets. After this intervention, we measured the participants' nutritional status using various tools, including the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) which helped us gauge changes in their wellbeing.
Our results showed that women who received the combined omega-3 and vitamin D supplementation experienced improvements in their nutritional status. This was evident through better PG-SGA scores, favorable changes in anthropometric measurements, and enhanced blood albumin levels, along with increases in dietary energy and protein intake.
Overall, this indicates that introducing vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids can support nutritional health during breast cancer treatments, yet the specific effects of vitamin D alone remain intertwined with those of omega-3 supplementation.