Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

what is with this hype about the cancer reducing properties of vitamin D how does it actually work and what research has been done.

Try a basic google search; I typed in "vitamin D and cancer" and got a lot of results

The most recent reseach claiming vitamin D can decrease cancer risk will be published in February 2006 in the American Journal of Public Health.

However, previous research has shown that "vitamin D helps inhibit the growth of cancer cells" (http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/PPI/Unconvent ... itriol.htm)

This study explains how vitamin D is involved in colon cancer:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... t=Abstract

Hi there,

You might also want to try searching the PubMed database http://www.pubmed.gov for article on this subject. Here are a some of links to a couple of review articles on this subject. Just type "vitamin D cancer" in the search field.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... med_docsum

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... med_docsum

Hope this helps!

Mary