Prediagnostic plasma vitamin D metabolites and mortality among patients with prostate cancer.

Laboratory evidence suggests that vitamin D might influence prostate cancer prognosis.We examined the associations between prediagnostic plasma levels of 25(OH)vitamin D [25(OH)D] and 1,25(OH)(2) vitamin D [1,25(OH)(2)D] and mortality among 1822 participants of the Health Professionals Follow-up Stu...

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Main Authors: Fang Fang, Julie L Kasperzyk, Irene Shui, Whitney Hendrickson, Bruce W Hollis, Katja Fall, Jing Ma, J Michael Gaziano, Meir J Stampfer, Lorelei A Mucci, Edward Giovannucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3071841?pdf=render