TY - JOUR
T1 - Vitamin D
T2 - Marker or mechanism of action?
AU - Jacobs, Elizabeth T.
AU - Martínez, María Elena
AU - Jurutka, Peter
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - The field of vitamin D and cancer research has been moving forward quickly. However, some challenges remain regarding the interpretation and integration of data collected from epidemiological investigations and laboratory experiments. These include consideration of vitamin D biology, a better understanding of characteristics that affect concentrations of the biomarker of vitamin D status, 25(OH)D, and elucidation of variation in response to vitamin D supplementation. To further the field of vitamin D and cancer prevention, future studies will need to bridge the gap between the epidemiology and molecular biology of vitamin D activity in carcinogenesis.
AB - The field of vitamin D and cancer research has been moving forward quickly. However, some challenges remain regarding the interpretation and integration of data collected from epidemiological investigations and laboratory experiments. These include consideration of vitamin D biology, a better understanding of characteristics that affect concentrations of the biomarker of vitamin D status, 25(OH)D, and elucidation of variation in response to vitamin D supplementation. To further the field of vitamin D and cancer prevention, future studies will need to bridge the gap between the epidemiology and molecular biology of vitamin D activity in carcinogenesis.
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U2 - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-1257
DO - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-1257
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 21454423
AN - SCOPUS:79955770003
SN - 1055-9965
VL - 20
SP - 585
EP - 590
JO - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
JF - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
IS - 4
ER -