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SUBMITTER: Fuchs MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5789809 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fuchs M A MA Yuan C C Sato K K Niedzwiecki D D Ye X X Saltz L B LB Mayer R J RJ Mowat R B RB Whittom R R Hantel A A Benson A A Atienza D D Messino M M Kindler H H Venook A A Innocenti F F Warren R S RS Bertagnolli M M MM Ogino S S Giovannucci E L EL Horvath E E Meyerhardt J A JA Ng K K
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology 20170601 6
<h4>Background</h4>Observational studies suggest that higher levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D) are associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer and improved survival of colorectal cancer patients. However, the influence of vitamin D status on cancer recurrence and survival of patients with stage III colon cancer is unknown.<h4>Patients and methods</h4>We prospectively examined the influence of post-diagnosis predicted plasma 25(OH)D on outcome among 1016 patients with stage III col ...[more]