Vitamin D and Cancer

1. Vitamin D: Synthesis and Catabolism – Considerations for Cancer Causation and Therapy
Heide S. Cross

2. The Molecular Cancer Biology of the VDR
James Thorne, Moray J. Campbell

3. Anti-inflammatory Activity of Calcitriol in Cancer
Aruna V. Krishnan, David Feldman

4. The Epidemiology of Vitamin D and Cancer Risk
Edward Giovannucci

5. Vitamin D and Angiogenesis
Yingyu Ma, Candace S. Johnson, Donald L. Trump

6. Vitamin D: Cardiovascular Function and Disease
Robert Scragg

7. Induction of Differentiation in Cancer Cells by Vitamin D: Recognition and Mechanisms
Elzbieta Gocek, George P. Studzinski

8. Vitamin D and Cancer Chemoprevention
Sarah A. Mazzilli, Mary E. Reid, Barbara A. Foster

9. Molecular Biology of Vitamin D Metabolism and Skin Cancer
Florence S. G. Cheung, Juergen K. V. Reichardt

10. Vitamin D and Prostate Cancer
Christine M. Barnett, Tomasz M. Beer

11. Vitamin D and Hematologic Malignancies
Ryoko Okamoto, Tadayuki Akagi, H. Phillip Koeffler

12. The Vitamin D Signaling Pathway in Mammary Gland and Breast Cancer
Glendon M. Zinser, Carmen J. Narvaez, JoEllen Welsh

13. Vitamin D and Colorectal Cancer
Marwan Fakih, Annette Sunga, Josephia Muindi

14. Unique Features of the Enzyme Kinetics for the Vitamin D System, and the Implications for Cancer Prevention and Therapeutics
Reinhold Vieth

15. Assessment of Vitamin D Status in the 21st Century
Bruce W. Hollis

Keywords: Biomedicine, Cancer Research, Nutrition, Pharmacology/Toxicology