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Vitamin D may enhance chemo vs. androgen-independent PCa

New York-Adding high-dose vitamin D to docetaxel (Taxotere) in regimens for androgen-independent prostate cancer patients doubles the effectiveness of docetaxel as a single agent, according to results of a nonrandomized study from Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland.

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