Vitamin D and prostate cancer prevention.

Vitamin D is a hot topic nowadays, especially its relationship with cancer prevention. Normally, vitamin D is associated with bone health principally, but the new research has discovered an impact on immune function and cellular signaling, even in same studies talk about a hormone, however, the most important relationship is its implication in cellular processes, inhibiting cancer growth. For now, the recent studies are oriented about a benefit and a cause-effect relationship between prostate cancer and normal levels of vitamin D. This premise opens a lot of questions in this scenario. This editorial highlighted the most important studies in this area.