Open AccessPrediagnostic Circulating Concentrations of Vitamin D Binding Protein and Survival among Patients with Colorectal Cancer
Author(s) -
Chen Yuan,
Mingyang Song,
Zhan Yin,
Brian M. Wolpin,
Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt,
Shuji Ogino,
Bruce W. Hollis,
Andrew T. Chan,
Charles S. Fuchs,
Kana Wu,
Molin Wang,
Stephanie A. SmithWarner,
Edward Giovannucci,
Kimmie Ng
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer epidemiology, biomarkers and prevention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.234
H-Index - 192
eISSN - 1538-7755
pISSN - 1055-9965
DOI - 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-20-0291
Subject(s) - colorectal cancer , vitamin d binding protein , medicine , vitamin d and neurology , quartile , proportional hazards model , confounding , oncology , confidence interval , hazard ratio , cancer , prospective cohort study , gastroenterology
Higher total 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels are associated with improved survival among patients with colorectal cancer, but the relationships between circulating vitamin D binding protein (VDBP), and bioavailable or free 25(OH)D, and colorectal cancer survival remain unknown.