Vitamin D Deficiency at Diagnosis Increases All-Cause and Prostate Cancer-specific Mortality in Jamaican Men
Background 25 hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and serum calcium have been associated with incident prostate cancer (PCa). However, there is limited data on whether these metabolites predict survival in men of African descent, a population disproportionately affected by PCa. We studied the relationship of...
Main Authors: | Donovan McGrowder PhD, Marshall K. Tulloch-Reid MBBS, DSc, Kathleen C. M. Coard MBBS, DM, Afette M. McCaw-Binns PhD, Trevor S. Ferguson MBBS, PhD, William Aiken MBBS, DM, Leroy Harrison MBBS, DM, Simon G. Anderson MBBCh, PhD, Maria D. Jackson PhD |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2022-09-01
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Series: | Cancer Control |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/10732748221131225 |
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