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Main Title Vitamin D and Cancer [electronic resource] /
Type EBOOK
Author Trump, Donald L.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Johnson, Candace S.
Publisher Springer New York,
Year Published 2011
Call Number RC261-271
ISBN 9781441971883
Subjects Medicine ; Oncology ; Toxicology ; Nutrition
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7188-3
Edition 1.
Collation XI, 342 p. online resource.
Notes
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only
Contents Notes
The following chapters provide excellent and comprehensive discussions of the potential role of vitamin D based therapies in breast, colorectal, prostate cancer and leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes. These chapters also point out that the focus on these diseases is largely determined by the interests and expertise of the outstanding scientists who have chosen to pursue vitamin D based cancer therapeutics. To our knowledge, every tumor type ever evaluated has shown some biochemical and antiproliferative response to vitamin D. Similarly, vitamin D analogues, especially calcitriol, potentiate almost every cytotoxic agent with which combination therapies have been tested.