title: Vitamins and Melanoma.
abstract: A tremendous amount of information was published over the past decades in relation to the role of vitamins in various neoplastic diseases. In particular, several studies showed an inverse relationship between selected vitamins intake and cancer risk. In this review we will focus on the role played by vitamins in melanoma with particular regard to vitamin A, D, K, E and C. Given that vitamin supplementation is easy, convenient, and readily accepted by patients, in the future the use of vitamins in chemoprevention and therapy of melanoma could be encouraged if supported by pre-clinical and clinical evidence.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Dermatology, University of Padua, Via Battisti 206, 35128 Padua, Italy. irenerusso88@yahoo.it.
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.affiliation: Unit of Dermatology, University of Padua, Via Battisti 206, 35128 Padua, Italy. francesca.caroppo@studenti.unipd.it.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caroppo
authors.affiliation: Unit of Dermatology, University of Padua, Via Battisti 206, 35128 Padua, Italy. mauro.alaibac@unipd.it.
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alaibac
keywords: cancer; melanoma; vitamins