Vitamins and Minerals for the Age of 50+: Vitamin D and Prostate Cancers

Vitamin D, a group of fat-soluble secosteroids,  is naturally present in very few foods, but can be synthesized in adequate amounts from sunlight.
Prostate cancer is defined as a condition in which the cells of prostate has become cancerous, causing abnormal cell growth which spread to the distant parts of the body. Most prostate cancers are slow growing and enlarged prostate and prostate cancer may be detected during the Physical (rectum) exams.
Prostate cells contain specific receptors for 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1α,25(OH)(2)D] or calcitriol, the active form of vitamin D. 1α,25(OH)(2)D is known to inhibit the proliferation and invasiveness of prostate cancer cells.Some researchers suggested that the development and the biological analysis of a unique class of vitamin D analogs with a substitution at the carbon 2 of 19-nor-1α,25(OH)(2)D(3) molecule for potential application to the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer as well as other cancers(1).


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(1) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22084796