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Vitamin D and prostate cancer survival in veterans.

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Der, T; Bailey, BA; Youssef, D; Manning, T; Grant, WB; Peiris, AN
Published in: Military medicine
January 2014

Prostate cancer remains the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among the male population worldwide. Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to prostate cancer and its aggressiveness. Herein, we initiated a retrospective study to evaluate vitamin D status and monitoring in veterans with prostate cancer, and to examine the potential link between vitamin D and survival status and length of survival in this population. We found that veterans who were initially vitamin D deficient were significantly less likely to survive than those who were not initially deficient, and that both initial and follow-up vitamin D deficiency were associated with decreased likelihood of survival after prostate cancer diagnosis. We recommend that vitamin D deficiency be replaced in veterans with prostate cancer.

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Military medicine

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EISSN

1930-613X

ISSN

0026-4075

Publication Date

January 2014

Volume

179

Issue

1

Start / End Page

81 / 84

Related Subject Headings

  • Vitamins
  • Vitamin D Deficiency
  • Vitamin D
  • Veterans
  • United States
  • Survival Rate
  • Strategic, Defence & Security Studies
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Middle Aged
 

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Der, T., Bailey, B. A., Youssef, D., Manning, T., Grant, W. B., & Peiris, A. N. (2014). Vitamin D and prostate cancer survival in veterans. Military Medicine, 179(1), 81–84. https://doi.org/10.7205/milmed-d-12-00540
Der, Tatyana, Beth A. Bailey, Dima Youssef, Todd Manning, William B. Grant, and Alan N. Peiris. “Vitamin D and prostate cancer survival in veterans.Military Medicine 179, no. 1 (January 2014): 81–84. https://doi.org/10.7205/milmed-d-12-00540.
Der T, Bailey BA, Youssef D, Manning T, Grant WB, Peiris AN. Vitamin D and prostate cancer survival in veterans. Military medicine. 2014 Jan;179(1):81–4.
Der, Tatyana, et al. “Vitamin D and prostate cancer survival in veterans.Military Medicine, vol. 179, no. 1, Jan. 2014, pp. 81–84. Epmc, doi:10.7205/milmed-d-12-00540.
Der T, Bailey BA, Youssef D, Manning T, Grant WB, Peiris AN. Vitamin D and prostate cancer survival in veterans. Military medicine. 2014 Jan;179(1):81–84.

Published In

Military medicine

DOI

EISSN

1930-613X

ISSN

0026-4075

Publication Date

January 2014

Volume

179

Issue

1

Start / End Page

81 / 84

Related Subject Headings

  • Vitamins
  • Vitamin D Deficiency
  • Vitamin D
  • Veterans
  • United States
  • Survival Rate
  • Strategic, Defence & Security Studies
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Middle Aged