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SUBMITTER: Urashima M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7072519 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Urashima Mitsuyoshi M Okuyama Mai M Akutsu Taisuke T Ohdaira Hironori H Kaji Mutsumi M Suzuki Yutaka Y
Cancers 20200204 2
Vitamin D has been shown to suppress the growth of cancer cells. Cancer cells are believed to take up bioavailable 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) (i.e., not bound to vitamin-D-binding protein (DBP)) more efficiently than DBP-bound 25(OH)D. Our aim was to use this bioavailable 25(OH)D, rather than total 25(OH)D, as a biomarker of vitamin D deficiency to investigate whether vitamin D supplementation improves the relapse-free survival (RFS) of patients with digestive tract cancer from the esophagus ...[more]