| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 342 pages) |
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Vitamin D and Cancer; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Vitamin D: Synthesis and Catabolism -- Considerations for Cancer Causation and Therapy; Chapter 2: The Molecular Cancer Biology of the VDR; Chapter 3: Anti-inflammatory Activity of Calcitriol in Cancer; Chapter 4: The Epidemiology of Vitamin D and Cancer Risk; Chapter 5: Vitamin D and Angiogenesis; Chapter 6: Vitamin D: Cardiovascular Function and Disease; Chapter 7: Induction of Differentiation in Cancer Cellsby Vitamin D: Recognition and Mechanisms*; Chapter 8: Vitamin D and Cancer Chemoprevention |
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Chapter 9: Molecular Biology of Vitamin D Metabolism and Skin CancerChapter 10: Vitamin D and Prostate Cancer; Chapter 11: Vitamin D and Hematologic Malignancies; Chapter 12: The Vitamin D Signaling Pathway in Mammary Gland and Breast Cancer; Chapter 13: Vitamin D and Colorectal Cancer; Chapter 14: Unique Features of the Enzyme Kinetics for the Vitamin D System, and the Implications for Cancer Prevention and Therapeutics; Chapter 15: Assessment of Vitamin D Status in the 21st Century; Index |
| Summary |
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 health, thrombosis and vasculogenesis and neuromuscular function. Considerable epidemiologic data demonstrate that low vitamin D serum levels occur very commonly in normal adult populations and that vitamin D deficiency is associated with an enhanced risk of cancer death from lung, prostate, head & n |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Vitamin D -- Therapeutic use
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Cancer -- Treatment.
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Neoplasms -- drug therapy
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Vitamin D -- therapeutic use
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
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MEDICAL -- Oncology.
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Cancer -- Treatment
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Vitamin D -- Therapeutic use
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Trump, Donald L. (Donald Lynn), 1945-
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Johnson, Candace S
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| ISBN |
9781441971883 |
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1441971882 |
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