Vitamin D depletion: Of clinical significance in advanced cancer?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 865-867

  Stone, Carol A ^a   Kenny, Rose Anne ^b,c   Healy, Martin ^b   Walsh, J Bernard ^b,c   Lawlor, Peter G ^d,e  

^a Our Lady's Hospice Ltd Dublin   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADVANCED CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FALLING; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 80051580032     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1117-9     Document Type: Letter

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