title: One-carbon metabolism-related nutrients and prostate cancer survival.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Folate and other one-carbon metabolism nutrients may influence prostate cancer pathogenesis. Prior studies of these nutrients in relation to prostate cancer incidence have been inconclusive, and none have explored prostate cancer survival.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The objective was to assess whether dietary intakes of folate, riboflavin, vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12, and methionine measured around the time of prostate cancer diagnosis are associated with prostate cancer survival.
  
  
  METHODS
  This population-based prospective study comprised 525 men from Orebro, Sweden, who received a diagnosis of incident prostate cancer between 1989 and 1994 and completed a self-administered food-frequency questionnaire. Record linkages to the Swedish Death Registry enabled all cases to be followed for up to 20 y after diagnosis, and the cause of death was assigned via medical record review. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to calculate multivariable hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs. During a median of 6.4 y of follow-up, 218 men (42%) died of prostate cancer and 257 (49%) of other causes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A comparison of the highest with the lowest quartile showed that vitamin B-6 intake was inversely associated with prostate cancer-specific death (HR: 0.71; 95% CI: 0.46, 1.10; P for trend = 0.08), especially in men with a diagnosis of localized-stage disease (HR; 0.05; 95% CI: 0.01, 0.26; P for trend = 0.0003). However, vitamin B-6 intake was not associated with improved prostate cancer survival among advanced-stage cases (HR: 1.04; 95% CI: 0.64, 1.72; P for trend = 0.87). Folate, riboflavin, vitamin B-12, and methionine intakes were not associated with prostate cancer survival.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A high vitamin B-6 intake may improve prostate cancer survival among men with a diagnosis of localized-stage disease.
authors: Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Boston, MA 02115, USA. julie.kasperzyk@channing.harvard.edu
authors: Julie L
authors: JL
authors: Kasperzyk
authors: Katja
authors: K
authors: Fall
authors: Lorelei A
authors: LA
authors: Mucci
authors: Niclas
authors: N
authors: Håkansson
authors: Alicja
authors: A
authors: Wolk
authors: Jan-Erik
authors: JE
authors: Johansson
authors: Swen-Olof
authors: SO
authors: Andersson
authors: Ove
authors: O
authors: Andrén
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004032:Diet; D004034:Diet Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008715:Methionine; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013548:Sweden; D025101:Vitamin B 6 / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014803:Vitamin B Complex / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D014803:Vitamin B Complex; D025101:Vitamin B 6; D008715:Methionine