[Vitamin D and cancers].
Low vitamin D plasmatic rates have been correlated to an increased risk of developing cancer. It has been proved that vitamin D could facilitate cell differentiation and have anti-inflammatory, anti-angiogenic and pro-apoptotic effects. Epidemiological studies are likely to show a protective role regarding colon cancer and possibly towards breast cancer.
Hôpital Saint-Louis, service d'oncologie médicale, centre des maladies du sein, Paris, France. Electronic address: marc.espie@sls.aphp.fr.
Marc
M
Espié
Johanna
J
Wassermann
Elisabeth
E
de Kermadec
Marjorie
M
Lalloum
Florence
F
Coussy
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000502:physiology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
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