Calcium, Vitamin D, and Prevention of Colon Cancer - 9781315891286

CRC Press

These proceedings were published as a result of a workshop sponsored by the Chemoprevention Branch of the National Cancer Institute. It covered a range of topics such as epidemiologic relationships between calcium, vitamin D, and colon cancer; and the biology of calium and vitamin D at the tissue and cellular level. > These proceedings were published as a result of a workshop sponsored by the Chemoprevention Branch of the National Cancer Institute. The workshop covered a range of topics including calcium and vitamin D in human nutrition; epidemiologic relationships betweencalcium, vitamin D, and colon cancer; the biology of calium and vitamin D at the tissue and cellular level; and enimal and human studies investigating the potential for prevention of colon cancer with calcium and vitamin D. > 1. Calcium and Vitamin D in Human Nutrition Robert P. Heaney, M.D., F.A.C.P. 2. Calcium Switches, Cell Cycles, Differentiation, and Death James F. Whitfield, Ph.D. Part 1: Epidemiology:4