Page 8 - Vitamin D and Cancer

Contents

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

2 The Molecular Cancer Biology of the VDR ............................................ 25
James Thorne and Moray J. Campbell

3 Anti-inflammatory Activity of Calcitriol in Cancer .............................. 53
Aruna V. Krishnan and David Feldman

4 The Epidemiology of Vitamin D and Cancer Risk ................................. 73
Edward Giovannucci

5 Vitamin D and Angiogenesis .................................................................... 99
Yingyu Ma, Candace S. Johnson, and Donald L. Trump

6 Vitamin D: Cardiovascular Function and Disease ................................ 115
Robert Scragg

7 Induction of Differentiation in Cancer Cells by
Vitamin D: Recognition and Mechanisms .............................................. 143
Elzbieta Gocek and George P. Studzinski

8 Vitamin D and Cancer Chemoprevention .............................................. 175
Sarah A. Mazzilli, Mary E. Reid, and Barbara A. Foster

9 Molecular Biology of Vitamin D Metabolism and Skin Cancer ........... 191
Florence S.G. Cheung and Juergen K.V. Reichardt

10 Vitamin D and Prostate Cancer ............................................................... 221
Christine M. Barnett and Tomasz M. Beer

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