# OnCo record calcium-supplements (technology). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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a schema:MedicalTherapy ;
onco:kind "technology" ;
schema:identifier "calcium-supplements" ;
schema:name "Calcium supplements during and after cancer treatment"@en ;
schema:alternateName "Calcium carbonate"@en, "Calcium citrate"@en ;
schema:description "Calcium, often with vitamin D, is widely taken to protect bones during hormone treatment for breast or prostate cancer, but the evidence that supplements alone prevent bone loss in these settings is insufficient. High-dose supplements carry risks, including kidney stones and possibly stroke, and calcium can raise blood calcium in people taking tamoxifen."@en ;
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schema:dateModified "2026-11-04"^^xsd:date ;
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onco:status "phase-2" ;
onco:tag "complementary", "supportive-care", "evidence:insufficient" ;
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