Seasonality pattern of breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer is dependent on latitude

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 818-824

  Ho, Alexander ^a   Gabriel, Abigail ^a   Bhatnagar, Amit ^a   Etienne, Denzil ^a,b   Loukas, Marios ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast Neoplasms; Colonic Neoplasms; Latitude; Prostatic Neoplasms; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LATITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE CANCER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WINTER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEASONS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901378695     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.890062     Document Type: Article

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