Reviews: A Critical Review of Studies on Vitamin D in Relation to Colorectal Cancer

The environment and disease: association or causation?

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The Environment and Disease: Association or Causation?

1965 • 6,436 citations

The Causes of Cancer: Quantitative Estimates of Avoidable Risks of Cancer in the United States Today

1981 • 3,794 citations

The Causes of Cancer: Quantitative Estimates of Avoidable Risks of Cancer in the United States Today

1983 • 3,602 citations

Environmental factors and cancer incidence and mortality in different countries, with special reference to dietary practices

1975 • 2,207 citations

Influence of Season and Latitude on the Cutaneous Synthesis of Vitamin D₃: Exposure to Winter Sunlight in Boston and Edmonton Will Not Promote Vitamin D₃Synthesis in Human Skin*

1988 • 1,640 citations

Epidemiology of cancer of the colon and rectum

1971 • 1,360 citations

Dietary fibre in food and protection against colorectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): an observational study

2003 • 1,101 citations

Vitamin D Receptor As an Intestinal Bile Acid Sensor

2002 • 1,100 citations

Hypovitaminosis D prevalence and determinants among African American and white women of reproductive age: third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1994,

2002 • 1,010 citations

Calcium Absorption Varies within the Reference Range for Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D

2003 • 989 citations

Vitamin D in preventive medicine: are we ignoring the evidence?

2003 • 904 citations

SMOKING AND HEALTH

1972 • 889 citations

Do Sunlight and Vitamin D Reduce the Likelihood of Colon Cancer?

1980 • 879 citations

Extrarenal Expression of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D₃-1α-Hydroxylase¹

2001 • 847 citations

Environmental factors that influence the cutaneous production of vitamin D

1995 • 772 citations

An estimate of premature cancer mortality in the U.S. due to inadequate doses of solar ultraviolet‐B radiation

2002 • 765 citations

DIETARY VITAMIN D AND CALCIUM AND RISK OF COLORECTAL CANCER: A 19-YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY IN MEN

1985 • 725 citations

SERUM 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D AND COLON CANCER: EIGHT-YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY

1989 • 665 citations

Changes in biologically-active ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth’s surface

2007 • 647 citations

Chemoprevention of colon cancer by calcium, vitamin D and folate: molecular mechanisms

2003 • 583 citations

Postmenopausal hormone therapy and the risk of colorectal cancer: a review and meta-analysis

1999 • 577 citations

Seasonal changes in plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations of young American black and white women

1998 • 353 citations

Changes in biologically active ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth’s surface

2003 • 340 citations

Dietary fibre and colorectal adenoma in a colorectal cancer early detection programme

2003 • 330 citations

An evaluation of the relative contributions of exposure to sunlight and of diet to the circulating concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in an elderly nursing home population in Boston

1990 • 329 citations

Sunlight and mortality from breast, ovarian, colon, prostate, and non-melanoma skin cancer: a composite death certificate based case-control study

2002 • 325 citations

Comparison of micronutrient intake measured by a dietary questionnaire and biochemical indicators of micronutrient status

1993 • 310 citations

Apoptosis is induced by the active metabolite of vitamin D3 and its analogue EB1089 in colorectal adenoma and carcinoma cells: possible implications for prevention and therapy.

2000 • 308 citations

Fish consumption and cancer risk

1999 • 291 citations

Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D and its determinants in an elderly population sample

1997 • 280 citations

Premenopausal Fat Intake and Risk of Breast Cancer

2003 • 280 citations

Relation of Calcium, Vitamin D, and Dairy Food Intake to Incidence of Colon Cancer among Older Women

1993 • 279 citations

Nutritional aspects of hip fractures

1996 • 276 citations

Extrarenal Expression of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3-1 -Hydroxylase

2001 • 273 citations

Calcium, Vitamin D, and the Occurrence of Colorectal Cancer Among Women

1996 • 263 citations

Calcium, vitamin D, dairy products, and risk of colorectal cancer in the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort (United States).

2003 • 261 citations

Use of biological markers to validate self-reported dietary intake in a random sample of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer United Kingdom Norfolk cohort

2001 • 246 citations

An ecologic study of dietary and solar ultraviolet‐B links to breast carcinoma mortality rates

2001 • 235 citations

Calcium, Vitamin D, and Dairy Foods and the Occurrence of Colon Cancer in Men

1996 • 220 citations

Selected micronutrient intake and the risk of colorectal cancer

1994 • 217 citations

Serum levels of vitamin D metabolites and the subsequent risk of colon and rectal cancer in Finnish men.

1997 • 214 citations

Calcium, vitamin D, sunshine exposure, dairy products and colon cancer risk (United States).

2000 • 214 citations

Cellular Mechanisms of Calcium and Vitamin D in the Inhibition of Colorectal Carcinogenesis

2001 • 212 citations

Vitamin D intake and vitamin D status of Australians

2002 • 204 citations

Calcium, Vitamin D, Dairy Foods, and the Occurrence of Colorectal Adenomas among Men and Women in Two Prospective Studies

1994 • 190 citations

Milk Intake, Circulating Levels of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I, and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Men

2001 • 186 citations

Prevalence of Vitamin D Insufficiency in Canada and the United States: Importance to Health Status and Efficacy of Current Food Fortification and Dietary Supplement Use

2003 • 178 citations

Vitamin D, calcium, and vitamin D receptor polymorphism in colorectal adenomas.

2001 • 174 citations

Vitamin A Antagonizes Calcium Response to Vitamin D in Man

2001 • 166 citations

Colonic epithelial cell proliferation decreases with increasing levels of serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D.

2002 • 163 citations

Photosynthesis of vitamin D in the skin: effect of environmental and life-style variables.

1987 • 160 citations

Intake of selected micronutrients and risk of colorectal cancer

1997 • 152 citations

Body mass index and colon cancer: an evaluation of the modifying effects of estrogen (United States).

2003 • 145 citations

Vitamin A Antagonizes the Action of Vitamin D in Rats

1999 • 145 citations

Seasonal Changes in Calciotropic Hormones, Bone Markers, and Bone Mineral Density in Elderly Women

2002 • 141 citations

Colon Cancer and Serum Vitamin D Metabolite Levels 10–17 Years prior to Diagnosis

1995 • 141 citations

Multiple points of intervention in the prevention of cancer and other mutation-related diseases

2001 • 133 citations

Acid haze air pollution and breast and colon cancer mortality in 20 Canadian cities.

1989 • 132 citations

Prospective study on milk products, calcium and cancers of the colon and rectum

2001 • 128 citations

Plasma 1,25-dihydroxy- and 25-hydroxyvitamin D and adenomatous polyps of the distal colorectum.

2000 • 125 citations

Dietary Calcium and Vitamin D Intake and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study in Women

2002 • 120 citations

A prospective cohort study of intake of calcium, vitamin D, and other micronutrients in relation to incidence of rectal cancer among postmenopausal women.

1998 • 117 citations

Cancer Surveillance Series: Changing Geographic Patterns of Lung Cancer Mortality in the United States, 1950 Through 1994

1999 • 114 citations

Urban and rural factors in the aetiology of cancer

1991 • 112 citations

The association of calcium and vitamin D, and colon and rectal cancer in Wisconsin women

1998 • 112 citations

Variants of the VDR gene and risk of colon cancer (United States).

2001 • 112 citations

Residential and occupational exposure to sunlight and mortality from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: composite (threefold) case-control study

1997 • 111 citations

Vitamin D receptor activity and prevention of colonic hyperproliferation and oxidative stress

2002 • 108 citations

Vitamin D Receptor Genotypes and Intestinal Calcium Absorption in Postmenopausal Women

1997 • 105 citations

Dietary calcium, vitamin D, and the risk of colorectal cancer in Stockholm, Sweden.

1996 • 101 citations

BRIEF COMMUNICATION: Growth Control of Human Colon Cancer Cells by Vitamin D and Calcium In Vitro

1992 • 101 citations

Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and risk of colorectal adenomas (United States).

2001 • 96 citations

n‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake and cancer risk in Italy and Switzerland

2003 • 92 citations

Dietary calcium and growth modulation of human colon cancer cells: role of the extracellular calcium-sensing receptor.

2000 • 90 citations

Causal criteria in nutritional epidemiology

1999 • 89 citations

Growth regulation of human colon cancer cells by epidermal growth factor and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 is mediated by mutual modulation of receptor expression

1998 • 84 citations

Effects of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 on proliferation and differentiation of Caco-2 cells.

1994 • 83 citations

Hormone replacement therapy and improved survival among postmenopausal women diagnosed with colon cancer (USA).

1999 • 78 citations

Vitamin D and Vitamin D Analogs in Cancer Treatment

2002 • 76 citations

Antiproliferative effect of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 and its analogs on human colon adenocarcinoma cells (CaCo-2): Influence of extracellular calcium

1991 • 62 citations

Fluid Milk Vitamin Fortification Compliance in New York State

2001 • 58 citations

Colorectal cancer and solar radiation

1992 • 55 citations

Vitamin D3 and vitamin K1 supplementation of Dutch postmenopausal women with normal and low bone mineral densities: effects on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and carboxylated osteocalcin

2000 • 52 citations

In colorectal carcinoma patients, serum vitamin D levels vary according to stage of the carcinoma

1999 • 47 citations

Cancer Incidence among a Cohort of Female Farm Residents in New York State

2002 • 40 citations

What are the Dietary Requirements for Calcium and Vitamin D?

2002 • 38 citations

Oestrogen and vitamin D receptor (VDR) genotypes and the expression of ErbB-2 and EGF receptor in human rectal cancers

2001 • 35 citations

Establishment of primary cultures from human colonic tissue during tumor progression: Vitamin-D responses and vitamin-D-receptor expression

1998 • 35 citations

EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVIDENCE AND CAUSAL INFERENCE

2000 • 29 citations

The Challenges of Modern Medicine

2011 • 29 citations

Change in plasma levels of vitamin D after consumption of cod-liver and fresh cod-liver oil as part of the traditional north Norwegian fish dish “Molje”

2003 • 28 citations

Growth inhibition of human colon adenocarcinoma-derived Caco-2 cells by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 and two synthetic analogs: relation to in vitro hypercalcemic potential

1993 • 27 citations

Time-lag effect of dietary fiber and fat intake ratio on Japanese colon cancer mortality.

1996 • 23 citations

Effects of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 on proliferation and differentiation of Caco-2 cells

1994 • 23 citations

Towards a strategy for optimal vitamin D fortification (OPTIFORD).

2001 • 15 citations

Die Epidemiologie der colorectalen Krebse — international und in der Schweiz

1986 • 3 citations

Establishment of primary cultures from human colonic tissue during tumor progression: Vitamin‐D responses and vitamin‐D‐receptor expression

1998 • 2 citations