Obesity and cancer: the role of vitamin D

BACKGROUND: It is estimated that 20% of all cancer cases are caused by obesity. Vitamin D is thought to be one of the mechanisms underlying this association. This review aims to summarise the evidence for the mediating effect of vitamin D on the link between obesity and cancer. METHODS: Three litera...

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Main Authors: Shanmugalingam, Thurkaa, Crawley, Danielle, Bosco, Cecilia, Melvin, Jennifer, Rohrmann, Sabine, Chowdhury, Simon, Holmberg, Lars, Van Hemelrijck, Mieke
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4182855/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25255691
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-14-712
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