title: Prostate cancer and vitamin D: what does the evidence really suggest?
abstract: The optimal approach to vitamin D supplementation for the average healthy person is debatable. In patients with cancer, the role of vitamin D supplementation, possibly in treatment, is even less clear. Vitamin D is shown to play a role in prostate cancer biology; however, the clinical data have not consistently demonstrated a link. Additional studies are needed to determine if higher doses of vitamin D supplements could benefit selected populations (ie, the elderly or patients with cancer) even if they may not be beneficial for the general population.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Mail Code L586, 3181 Southwest Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA. barnetch@ohsu.edu
authors.forename: Christine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Barnett
authors.forename: Tomasz M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Beer
mesh_terms: D019587:Dietary Supplements; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000502:physiology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014815:Vitamins / Q000502:physiology / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014815:Vitamins; D014807:Vitamin D