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Vitamin D pathway gene polymorphisms, diet, and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer: a nested case-control study.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 1 Jan 2007
McCullough Marjorie L, Stevens Victoria L, Diver William R, Feigelson Heather S, Rodriguez Carmen, Bostick Robin M, Thun Michael J, Calle Eugenia E
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INTRODUCTION: Vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphisms have been inconsistently associated with breast cancer risk. Whether risk is influenced by polymorphisms in other vitamin D metabolism genes and whether calcium or vitamin D intake modifies risk by genotype have not been evaluated. METHODS: We conducted a nested case-control study within the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort of associations between...
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