Vitamin D deficiency in melanoma patients is associated with worse overall survival: a retrospective cohort study.
Melanoma Res
; 32(5): 384-387, 2022 10 01.
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ABSTRACT
Recent interest has emerged in the protective role of vitamin D in melanoma survival and is the subject of multiple studies with heterogeneous results. Here, we present a retrospective cohort study of 264 patients with invasive melanoma from a tertiary university hospital. The aim of the study was to analyze the relationship between vitamin D levels and prognosis of melanoma patients. We found that lower vitamin D levels are independently associated with worse overall survival in melanoma patients in concordance with previous studies on other populations. Vitamin D deficiency could play a survival role in melanoma patients,. Future prospective studies are needed to investigate the effect of vitamin D supplementation on melanoma outcomes.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias Cutáneas
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Deficiencia de Vitamina D
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Melanoma
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Melanoma Res
Asunto de la revista:
NEOPLASIAS
Año:
2022
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Article