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SUBMITTER: Miles FL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5409717 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Miles Fayth L FL Goodman Phyllis J PJ Tangen Catherine C Torkko Kathleen C KC Schenk Jeannette M JM Song Xiaoling X Pollak Michael M Thompson Ian M IM Neuhouser Marian L ML
Nutrients 20170412 4
Some, but not all, epidemiologic studies report an association between vitamin D and prostate cancer risk. The inconsistent findings might be explained in the context of modification by members of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axis. Data and specimens for this nested case-control study (<i>n</i> = 1695 cases and <i>n</i> = 1682 controls) are from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT). Baseline serum samples were assayed for 25(OH)D, IGF-1, IGF-2, IGFBP-2, IGFBP-3, and the ratio of I ...[more]