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Recent epidemiological and preclinical studies detected low serum levels of vitamin D in cancer patients, suggesting that vitamin D may be effective in mitigating the cancer burden. However, the molecular mechanisms of vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol, vit-D3)-induced cancer cell death are not fully elucidated. The vit-D3 efficacy of cell death activation was assessed using breast carcinoma cell lines in vitro and a widely used Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) breast cancer model in vivo in Swiss albino mice. Both estrogen receptor-positive (ER+, MCF-7) and -negative (ER-, MDA-MB-231, and MDA-MB-468) cell lines absorbed about 50% of vit-D3 in vitro over 48 h of incubation. The absorbed vit-D3 retarded the breast cancer cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner with IC50 values ranging from 0.10 to 0.35 mM. Prolonged treatment (up to 72 h) did not enhance vit-D3 anti-proliferative efficacy. Vit-D3-induced cell growth arrest was mediated by the upregulation of p53 and the downregulation of cyclin-D1 and Bcl2 expression levels. Vit-D3 retarded cell migration and inhibited blood vessel growth in vitro as well as in a chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) assay. The intraperitoneal administration of vit-D3 inhibited solid tumor growth and reduced body weight gain, as assessed in mice using a liquid tumor model. In summary, vit-D3 cytotoxic effects in breast cancer cell lines in vitro and an EAC model in vivo were associated with growth inhibition, the induction of apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, and the impediment of angiogenic processes. 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