Higher rate of prostate cancer in AA may decrease if take vitamin D

Can vitamin D supplementation reduce prostate cancer disparities?

Pharmacogenomics. 2016 Jul 6. [Epub ahead of print]

Batai K1, Kittles RA1. rkittles@email.arizona.edu

1Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.

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