ABSTRACT
These proceedings were published as a result of a workshop sponsored by the Chemoprevention Branch of the National Cancer Institute. The workshop covered a range of topics including calcium and vitamin D in human nutrition; epidemiologic relationships betweencalcium, vitamin D, and colon cancer; the biology of calium and vitamin D at the tissue and cellular level; and enimal and human studies investigating the potential for prevention of colon cancer with calcium and vitamin D.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section I|70 pages
Calcium and Vitamin D in Human Nutrition
section II|64 pages
Epidemiology: Relationships Between Calcium and Vitamin D Intake and Colon Cancer
section III|28 pages
Biology of Calcium and Vitamin D at the Cellular and Tissue Level
section IV|77 pages
Animal Studies: Prevention of Colon Cancer with Calcium and Vitamin D
section V|177 pages
Human Studies: Potential for Prevention of Colon Cancer with Calcium and Vitamin D