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• Only 1 in 20 cancer survivors meet diet advice
  Just 5 percent of U.S. cancer survivors are meeting experts' recommendations on diet, physical activity and cigarette smoking, a new survey shows.
  
  
• Vitamin D may benefit breast cancer patients
  

  Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found ? adding to evidence the "sunshine vitamin'' has anti-cancer benefits.

  
  
  
  
• Q&A: All about vitamin D
  Evidence is growing that vitamin D, which the skin makes from sunshine, is linked to lower risk of breast cancer and other cancers. But that doesn't mean it's good to get a golden tan ? and certainly not a sunburn.
  
  
• Drug combo may help breast cancer patients
  A combination of two new-generation cancer drugs modestly delayed the time it took for cancer to worsen in a study of 300 women with very advanced disease who had stopped responding to other treatments.
  
  
• Child cancer survivors face heart risks later
  Children who survive cancer face a much greater risk of heart problems later in life than their brothers and sisters who did not have cancer, new research shows.