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 the most commonly diagnosed invasive cancer among women both
globally and within the United States and the number one cause of cancer-related deaths …

Vitamin D3 has many important health benefits. Unfortunately, these benefits are not widely
known among health care personnel and the general public. As a result, most of the world's …

The active form of vitamin D 3, 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 (1, 25 (OH) 2 D 3), is primarily
known as a key regulator of calcium and phosphate homeostasis. It exerts its biological …

Epidemiological studies suggest that higher serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with
lower risk for several cancers, including breast, prostate, colorectal, and lung cancers. To …

Although several observational studies have investigated the relationship between vitamin
D deficiency and risk of central obesity, the results were inconsistent. We performed a dose …

The ubiquity of vitamin D metabolising enzymes and vitamin D receptors in mammalian
organisms suggests that vitamin D has pleiotropic effects. There are quite a few studies …

Intensive epigenome and transcriptome analyses have unveiled numerous biological
mechanisms, including the regulation of cell differentiation, proliferation, and induced …

Laboratory and animal research support a protective role for vitamin D in breast
carcinogenesis, but epidemiologic studies have been inconclusive. To examine …

Background Findings of observational studies that investigated the relationship between
vitamin D deficiency and abnormal glucose homeostasis were contradictory. This meta …