Breast cancer is a complex disease encompassing multiple tumor entities, each
characterized by distinct morphology, behavior and clinical implications. Besides estrogen …

This is a narrative review of the evidence supporting vitamin D's anticancer actions. The first
section reviews the findings from ecological studies of cancer with respect to indices of solar …

Breast cancer is composed of multiple subtypes with distinct morphologies and clinical
implications. The advent of microarrays has led to a new paradigm in deciphering breast …

Background: Numerous observational studies have found supplemental calcium and vitamin
D to be associated with reduced risk of common cancers. However, interventional studies to …

Data from laboratory studies, observational research, and/or secondary prevention trials
suggest that vitamin D and marine omega-3 fatty acids may reduce risk for cancer or …

BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence that, in addition to the well-known effects on
musculoskeletal health, vitamin D status may be related to a number of non-skeletal …

Epidemiological studies have suggested a reduced risk of several cancers associated with
high vitamin D status. We performed a systematic review with meta‐analyses of …

Vitamin D has received a lot of attention recently as a result of a meteoric rise in the number
of publications showing that vitamin D plays a crucial role in a plethora of physiological …

PURPOSE: Higher serum levels of the main circulating form of vitamin D, 25-hydroxyvitamin
D (25 (OH) D), are associated with substantially lower incidence rates of colon, breast …

Vitamin D functions in the body through both an endocrine mechanism (regulation of
calcium absorption) and an autocrine mechanism (facilitation of gene expression). The …