Vitamin D in esophageal cancer:Is there a role for chemoprevention?

• 作 者: Carol Rouphael Afrin Kamal Mad
• 机 构: DepartmentofInternalMedicine,DepartmentofGastroenterologyandHepatology
• 出 处: 世界胃肠肿瘤学杂志：英文版（电子版）
• 发表日期: 2018年1期
• 关键词: VITAMIN D VITAMIN D receptor ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS cell

Vitamin D has emerged as a promising anti-cancer agent due to its diverse biological effects on tumor differentiation,apoptosis and suppression of cellular proliferation.Current evidence suggests a protective role of vitamin D in colon cancer.The effect o