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Nutrition and Cancer Volume 63, 2011 - Issue 4
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The Role of Vitamins in Cancer: A Review

Ana Catarina Mamede Biophysics/Biomathematics Institute, IBILI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; CICS-UBI, Health Sciences Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal; Centre of Investigation on Environment, Genetics, and Oncobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Sónia Dorilde Tavares Biophysics/Biomathematics Institute, IBILI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Ana Margarida Abrantes Biophysics/Biomathematics Institute, IBILI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Centre of Investigation on Environment, Genetics, and Oncobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Joana Trindade Biophysics/Biomathematics Institute, IBILI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Jorge Manuel Maia Faculty of Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
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Maria Filomena Botelho Biophysics/Biomathematics Institute, IBILI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Centre of Investigation on Environment, Genetics, and Oncobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Pages 479-494 | Received 29 Jun 2010, Accepted 01 Nov 2010, Published online: 02 May 2011
 
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Abstract

Vitamins are essential nutrients for human metabolism, playing an important role as coenzymes or enzymes in many vital processes for the normal functioning of the body. In recent years, it has become apparent that vitamins are crucial in health and human disease, due to several studies that studied this relationship. Currently, it is known that vitamins can have an important role in the prevention and treatment of cancer, but until now no conclusive results were obtained. In this review, we will present the work and more relevant conclusions obtained in recent years of investigation about the relationship between vitamins and cancer, namely vitamin A, vitamin B complex, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, and vitamin K.

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