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Vitamin D deficiency in melanoma patients is associated with worse overall survival: a retrospective cohort study
- Source :
- Melanoma research. 32(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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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.
Details
- ISSN :
- 14735636
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Melanoma research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1f1e8d907275eeb371553e378cce04bc