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Annals of Surgical Oncology
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology 3/2017

01-12-2017 | Colorectal Cancer

Vitamin D Status May Explain Some of the Racial Disparities in Rectal Cancer

Author: William B. Grant, PhD

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Special Issue 3/2017

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The paper by Nitzkorski and colleagues determined that age, stage at diagnosis, and race were independent predictors of survival after diagnosis of rectal cancer.1 They suggested that factors other than socioeconomic status might explain why blacks had lower survival rates than whites. …
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Metadata
Title
Vitamin D Status May Explain Some of the Racial Disparities in Rectal Cancer
Author
William B. Grant, PhD
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue Special Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-017-6192-9

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