Vitamin D in combination cancer treatment

Journal of Cancer

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-107

  Ma, Yingyu ^a   Trump, Donald L ^a   Johnson, Candace S ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcitriol; Cancer; Chemotherapy; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIMETABOLITE; BRYOSTATIN 1; CALCITRIOL; CALCITRIOL DERIVATIVE; CAMPTOTHECIN; CARBOPLATIN; CARNOSIC ACID; CB 966; CISPLATIN; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; FLUDARABINE; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; GENISTEIN; HYDROXYUREA; IBUPROFEN; ILX 23 7553; INDOMETACIN; KETOCONAZOLE; LEXACALCITOL; MENADIONE; PACLITAXEL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SEOCALCITOL; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADVANCED CANCER; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CHEMOSENSITIZATION; DEACETYLATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG CANCER; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TESTIS CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 79959770233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18379664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/jca.1.101     Document Type: Review

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