Vitamin D and cancer

Substantial data indicate the broad importance of vitamin D-based signaling in normal human physiology and the broad effects of vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D may play a role not only in the control of bone and mineral metabolism, but also appears to be involved in immune function, cardiovascular h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Johnson, Candace S. (Author), Trump, Donald L. [ (Donald Lynn)] , 1945- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer , c2011
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Vitamin D: synthesis and catabolism - considerations for cancer causation and therapy
  • 2. The molecular cancer biology of the VDR
  • 3. Anti-inflammatory activity of calcitriol in cancer
  • 4. The epidemiology of Vitamin D and cancer risk
  • 5. Vitamin D and Angiogenesis
  • 6. Vitamin D: cardiovascular function and disease
  • 7. Induction of differentiation in cancer cells by Vitamin D: recognition and mechanisms
  • 8. Vitamin D and cancer chemoprevention
  • 9. Molecular biology of Vitamin D metabolism and skin cancer
  • 10. Vitamin D and prostate cancer
  • 11. Vitamin D and Hematologic Malignancies
  • 12. The Vitamin D signaling pathway in mammary gland and breast cancer
  • 13. Vitamin D and colorectal cancer
  • 14. Unique features of the enzyme kinetics for the Vitamin D system, and the implications for the cancer prevention and therapeutics
  • 15. Assessment of Vitamin D status in the 21st century