The epidemiology of vitamin D and colorectal cancer: Recent findings

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-29

  Giovannucci, Edward ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Epidemiology; Receptor; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D; ANTIOXIDANT;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG USE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTECTION; RECTUM; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 33644805351     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mog.0000196150.36701.c2     Document Type: Review

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