The Association of Vitamin D Deficiency with Colorectal Cancer: A Wake-up Call for Physicians and Health Authorities
Although there is evidence that vitamin D deficiency leads to the development of several cancers, including colorectal cancer, research has shown gaps in establishing a relationship between hypovitaminosis D and the incidence of colorectal cancer. There are controversial reports and inadequate sc...
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Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
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| description | Although there is evidence that vitamin D deficiency leads to the development of
several cancers, including colorectal cancer, research has shown gaps in establishing
a relationship between hypovitaminosis D and the incidence of colorectal cancer.
There are controversial reports and inadequate scientific evidence about the role of age
and race-specific dosage of vitamin D supplementation for chemoprevention. This
editorial sheds light on the current evidence on the association of vitamin D deficiency
and colorectal cancer, the role of vitamin D supplementation, and the future action plans
to establish the needs analysis and goal setting about this area of research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df7e67e19da8471c8279dc8b147977322022-12-22T01:44:51ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesMiddle East Journal of Cancer2008-67092008-66872017-04-01826568The Association of Vitamin D Deficiency with Colorectal Cancer: A Wake-up Call for Physicians and Health AuthoritiesSalman Yousuf Guraya0The College of Medicine, Taibah University, Almadinah Almunawwarah, Saudi ArabiaAlthough there is evidence that vitamin D deficiency leads to the development of several cancers, including colorectal cancer, research has shown gaps in establishing a relationship between hypovitaminosis D and the incidence of colorectal cancer. There are controversial reports and inadequate scientific evidence about the role of age and race-specific dosage of vitamin D supplementation for chemoprevention. This editorial sheds light on the current evidence on the association of vitamin D deficiency and colorectal cancer, the role of vitamin D supplementation, and the future action plans to establish the needs analysis and goal setting about this area of research.http://mejc.sums.ac.ir/index.php/mejc/article/view/497/298Colorectal cancerVitamin DApoptosisVitamin D supplementationChemoprevention |
| spellingShingle | Salman Yousuf Guraya The Association of Vitamin D Deficiency with Colorectal Cancer: A Wake-up Call for Physicians and Health Authorities Middle East Journal of Cancer Colorectal cancer Vitamin D Apoptosis Vitamin D supplementation Chemoprevention |
| title | The Association of Vitamin D Deficiency with Colorectal Cancer: A Wake-up Call for Physicians and Health Authorities |
| title_full | The Association of Vitamin D Deficiency with Colorectal Cancer: A Wake-up Call for Physicians and Health Authorities |
| title_fullStr | The Association of Vitamin D Deficiency with Colorectal Cancer: A Wake-up Call for Physicians and Health Authorities |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Association of Vitamin D Deficiency with Colorectal Cancer: A Wake-up Call for Physicians and Health Authorities |
| title_short | The Association of Vitamin D Deficiency with Colorectal Cancer: A Wake-up Call for Physicians and Health Authorities |
| title_sort | association of vitamin d deficiency with colorectal cancer a wake up call for physicians and health authorities |
| topic | Colorectal cancer Vitamin D Apoptosis Vitamin D supplementation Chemoprevention |
| url | http://mejc.sums.ac.ir/index.php/mejc/article/view/497/298 |
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