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Plasma levels of B vitamins and colorectal cancer risk: the multiethnic cohort study.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Aug 2009
Le Marchand Loïc, White Kami K, Nomura Abraham M Y, Wilkens Lynne R, Selhub Jacob S, Tiirikainen Maarit, Goodman Marc T, Murphy Suzanne P, Henderson Brian E, Kolonel Laurence N
Abstract excerpt
B vitamins, such as folate, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12, play an important role as coenzymes in one-carbon metabolism and may affect colorectal cancer risk. We aimed to comprehensively investigate the relationships of plasma folate, pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (PLP, the active form of vitamin B6), vitamin B12, methylmalonic acid, homocysteine, and cysteine with colorectal cancer risk, accounting for suspected...
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