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Prospective study of plasma vitamin B6 and risk of colorectal cancer in men.

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology2009The record

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  • pyridoxine — decreases colorectal cancer incidence

    Evidence strength: very limited.Findingreplicated ×2
    “Plasma PLP levels were inversely associated with colorectal cancer risk; a lower risk of colorectal cancer was observed mainly among participants in the two higher quartiles.”
    Quoted verbatim from Prospective study of plasma vitamin B6 and risk of colorectal cancer in men..
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    case-control
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    Men in the Physicians' Health Study; nested case-control (197 incident colorectal cancer cases, 371 matched controls), prediagnostic plasma PLP by quartile

    Prospective study of plasma vitamin B6 and risk of colorectal cancer in men.2009PMID:1933655510.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-1001Permalink