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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-4-5
pubmed:abstractText
Greater exposure to retinol (vitamin A) may prevent prostate cancer, although under some conditions it could promote cell growth and de-differentiation. The authors prospectively examined prostate cancer risk and serum retinol levels, measured by using high-performance liquid chromatography, at baseline (n = 29,104) and after 3 years (n = 22,843) in the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study cohort. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the relative risk of total (n = 2,041) and aggressive (n = 461) prostate cancer by quintiles of baseline and 3-year serum retinol concentrations and by change in serum retinol levels from baseline to 3 years. Men with higher retinol concentrations at baseline were more likely to develop prostate cancer (quintile 5 vs. quintile 1 hazard ratio = 1.19, 95% confidence interval: 1.03, 1.36; P(trend) = 0.009). The results were similar for aggressive disease. Joint categorization based on baseline and 3-year retinol levels showed that men who were in the highest quintile at both time points had the greatest increased risk (baseline/3-year quintile 5/quintile 5 vs. quintile 1/quintile 1 hazard ratio = 1.31, 95% confidence interval: 1.08, 1.59). In this largest study to date of vitamin A status and subsequent risk of prostate cancer, higher serum retinol was associated with elevated risk, with sustained high exposure conferring the greatest risk. Future studies may clarify the underlying biologic mechanisms of the retinol-prostate cancer association.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1476-6256
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
173
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
813-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Alcohol Drinking, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Double-Blind Method, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-European Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Finland, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Incidence, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Placebos, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Proportional Hazards Models, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Prostatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Registries, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Risk Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Smoking, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-Vitamin A, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-alpha-Tocopherol, pubmed-meshheading:21389041-beta Carotene
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Serum retinol and risk of prostate cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd., Rockville, MD 20852, USA. mondulam@mail.nih.gov
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural