Prospective study of predictors of vitamin D status and cancer incidence and mortality in men.

By Edward L. Giovannucci, Yan Liu, E. Rimm, B. Hollis, C. Fuchs, MR Stampfer, W. Willett. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2006

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Respiratory Epithelial Cells Convert Inactive Vitamin D to its Active Form (2008, background): “There is epidemiological evidence that low levels of 25D3 are associated with increased risk of colon, prostate and breast cancer (20, 66-70).”
Demographic Differences and Trends of Vitamin D Insufficiency in the US Population, 1988–2004 (2009, neutral): “40-59 29 (28-30) 1 (NC) 41 (37-45) 25 (24-26) 5 (4-7) 26 (21-31)”
Epidemiology of pancreatic cancer: an overview (2009, background): “One purported reason for this divergence is increasing risk with decreasing levels of vitamin D, which is strongly related to sunlight and ultraviolet exposure and has been suggested to have an important role in the outcome of several other types of cancer”
Vitamin D deficiency: a worldwide problem with health consequences. (2008, background): “Several retrospective and prospective studies that evaluated circulating concentrations of 25(OH)D support the concept that vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of developing and dying from cancer (52, 53).”
The nonskeletal effects of vitamin D: an Endocrine Society scientific statement. (2012, methodology): “D in response to sun), and diet or supplement-taking practices (3, 135, 163).”