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ArticleCancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology2019

Serum Levels of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D at Diagnosis Are Not Associated with Overall Survival in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.

Elizabeth Loehrer, Rebecca A Betensky, Edward Giovannucci, Li Su, Andrea Shafer, Bruce W Hollis, David C Christiani

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Article in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elizabeth LoehrerDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. Eal405@mail.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-1249-4442
Rebecca A BetenskyDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Edward GiovannucciDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Li SuDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Andrea ShaferDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Bruce W HollisDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
David C ChristianiDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-0301-0242
Harvard University · USMedical University of South Carolina · US

Funding

The HSPH Education and Research Center of Occupational Safety and HealthT42OH008416 · OH · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI CHRISTIANI, DAVID C · 2005 to 2025
$30.5M
The Boston Lung Cancer Survival CohortU01CA209414 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI David C Christiani · 2017 to 2026
$12.2M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA209414NIOSH CDC HHS T42 OH008416
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHigher levels of circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] are associated with longer survival in several cancers, but the results have differed across cancer sites. The association between serum 25(OH)D levels and overall survival (OS) time in esophageal adenocarcinoma remains unclear.

methodsWe utilized serum samples from 476 patients with primary esophageal adenocarcinoma, recruited from Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA) between 1999 and 2015. We used log-rank tests to test the difference in survival curves across quartiles of 25(OH)D levels and extended Cox modeling to estimate adjusted HRs. We tested for interactions between clinical stage or BMI on the association between 25(OH)D and OS. We additionally performed sensitivity analyses to determine whether race or timing of blood draw (relative to treatment) affected these results.

resultsWe found no evidence that survival differed across quartiles of 25(OH)D (log rank

conclusionsSerum level of 25(OH)D near time of diagnosis was not associated with OS in patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma. IMPACT: Screening 25(OH)D levels among patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma at diagnosis is not clinically relevant to their cancer prognosis based on present evidence.

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