Vitamin D is a steroid hormone traditionally recognized for maintaining calcium and
phosphorous homeostasis in the body. However, it is now widely accepted that it exerts …

Lung cancer is one of the common types of malignant disorders and the most prevalent
cause of cancer-related mortality in the world. Although a wide range of approaches has …

The correlation between vitamin D intake and lung cancer development is controversial.
This meta-analysis aims to evaluate the relationship between vitamin D and the prognosis …

Vitamin D is a hormone-like micronutrient involved not only in calcium metabolism but also
in a variety of biological activities (eg, cell proliferation, apoptosis, angiogenesis …

Vitamin D is now known to be of physiological importance outside of bone health and
calcium homeostasis, and there is mounting evidence that it plays a beneficial role in the …

Vitamin D is customarily involved in maintaining bone and calcium homeostasis. However,
contemporary studies have identified the implication of vitamin D in several cellular …

Background/Aim: Vitamin D has been suggested to have important roles against cancer
development. There were several published studies on the association between vitamin D …

The role of vitamin D (VitD) in calcium and bone homeostasis is well described. In the last
years, it has been recognized that in addition to this classical function, VitD modulates a …

Vitamin D has been recognized for more than a century as essential for the normal
development and mineralization of a healthy skeleton. More extensive roles for vitamin D …

An intriguing report on improved diseasefree survival in patients undergoing surgery for lung
cancer in the summer versus winter months piqued my interest as a thoracic oncologist …