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16671100

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-8-24
pubmed:abstractText
Sunlight is essential for the production of vitamin D in the body. Evidence exists to suggest that vitamin D metabolites may have a role in tumor growth suppression. In this large study, involving over a million cancer patients from the United Kingdom, we have analyzed the role of season of diagnosis and sunlight exposure in cancer survival for cancers of the breast, colorectum, lung, prostate and at all sites combined. We used population-based data from the Thames Cancer Registry to analyze cancer survival in periods 0-1 and 0-5 years after diagnosis. The analysis was performed using Cox proportional regression analysis adjusting for age and period at diagnosis and including season of diagnosis and sunlight exposure in the preceding months as factors in the analysis. We found evidence of substantial seasonality in cancer survival, with diagnosis in summer and autumn associated with improved survival compared with that in winter, especially in female breast cancer patients and both male and female lung cancer patients (hazard ratios 0.86 [95% CI 0.83-0.89], 0.95 [95% CI 0.92-0.97] and 0.95 [95% CI 0.93-0.98] respectively). Cumulative sunlight exposure in the months preceding diagnosis was also a predictor of subsequent survival, although season of diagnosis was a stronger predictor than cumulative sunlight exposure. We found seasonality in cancer survival to be stronger in women than in men. Our results add to a growing body of evidence that vitamin D metabolites play an important role in cancer survival.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
119
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1530-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Cancer survival is dependent on season of diagnosis and sunlight exposure.
pubmed:affiliation
King's College London, Thames Cancer Registry, London, United Kingdom. hyunsook.lim@kcl.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article