In patients with tumour VDR expression in the middle tertile, there was a 40% non-significant reduced risk of death (HR 0.60 95% CI 0.33–1.09; p = 0.09) and those in the highest tertile had a 51% significantly lower risk of death (HR 0.49 95% CI 0.25–0.96; p = 0.04), compared with the lowest VDR expression category. Here, VDR is linked to neoplasm.