Vitamin D and calcium influence cell death in the colon, researc...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Sat, 04/12/2008 - 23:00

Researchers at Emory University are learning how vitamins and minerals in the diet can stimulate or prevent the appearance of colon cancer.

Emory investigators will present their findings on biological markers that could influence colon cancer risk in three abstracts at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in San Diego.

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