The relation between Vitamin D deficiency and prostate cancer
| dc.contributor.author | Gargoum, Malik Ali | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-20T10:29:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-04-20T10:29:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-04-15 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.limu.edu.ly/handle/123456789/697 | |
| dc.description | Prostate cancer is the second largest cause of cancer deaths among men. One man in 11 will develop prostate cancer during his lifetime . The epidemiology of prostate cancer has 3 distinct risk factors : age , race and geography. Prostate cancer shows a pronounced in incidence with age : over 80% of prostate cancers are diagnosed in men over the age of 65 , Race also is an important factor .The incidence rates for American blacks are twice those of Whites . Conversely the rates for the indigenous Japanese are 1/20 those of U.S Whites. This indicates that environmental factors influence the risk of developing prostate cancer. This report propose that Vitamin D deficiency increase the risk of clinical prostate cancer | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution 3.0 United States | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ | * |
| dc.title | The relation between Vitamin D deficiency and prostate cancer | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |
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