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SUBMITTER: Vayrynen JP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5098144 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Väyrynen Juha P JP Mutt Shivaprakash J SJ Herzig Karl-Heinz KH Väyrynen Sara A SA Kantola Tiina T Karhu Toni T Karttunen Tuomo J TJ Klintrup Kai K Mäkelä Jyrki J Mäkinen Markus J MJ Tuomisto Anne A
Scientific reports 20161107
Deficiency of vitamin D is associated with increased risk of several types of cancer including colorectal cancer (CRC). However, factors contributing to low levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] in CRC are not clear. Therefore, in this study serum 25(OH)D levels in 117 CRC patients and 86 controls were analyzed and correlated with the clinicopathological data including morphological subtype (serrated or conventional), quantity of tumor infiltrating immune cells, levels of systemic inflammatory ...[more]