The relation between Vitamin D deficiency and prostate cancer
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2018-04-15
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faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University
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Prostate cancer is a major cause of cancer deaths among males, prostate cancer has 3 distinct risk
factors : age , race and geography. these factors all are associated with decreased synthesis of
vitamin D. The first two studies revealed the relation between the low levels of serum Vitamin D and
high risk of prostate cancer and show a differences according to the age and the race, And the last
study show relation between the Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism and prostate cancer risk.
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