Vitamin D in Head and Neck Cancer: a Systematic Review

Cancer shared this article with you from Inoreader Vitamin D in Head and Neck Cancer: a Systematic Review Via Current Oncology Reports AbstractPurpose of reviewObservational studies have shown that serum 25-OH vitamin D [25(OH)D] is inversely associated with overall cancer risk in many malignancies. We performed a systematic literature review to determine whether vitamin D deficiency is related to head and neck cancer (HNC) etiology and outcome.Recent findingsThe search yielded five prospective studies reporting 25(OH)D levels prior to cancer diagnosis and their effect on the risk of HNC. Eight studies were cross-sectional or case-control studies, in which 25(OH)D levels were only measured after cancer diagnosis. Two studies found an inverse association between 25(OH)D level and HNC risk, while two other prospective cohort studies demonstrated no connection between 25(OH)D and HNC risk. Several studies reported cancer pat... View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.