Vitamin D status: ready for guiding prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment?
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased risk of prostate cancer for those with elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level or abnormal digital rectal examination. Vitamin D deficiency is also associated with aggressive prostate cancer. Vitamin D level could be added as an additional factor to consider before ordering a biopsy. Clin Cancer Res; 20(9); 2241-3. ©2014 AACR.
Author's Affiliation: Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center, San Francisco, California.
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Grant
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000097:blood*
D014807:Vitamin D; C104450:25-hydroxyvitamin D