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Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and breast cancer risk in a large population-based case-control study of Caucasian and African-American women.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 1 Jan 2007
Trabert Britton, Malone Kathleen E, Daling Janet R, Doody David R, Bernstein Leslie, Ursin Giske, Marchbanks Polly A, Strom Brian L, Humphrey Mariela C, Ostrander Elaine A
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: The involvement of vitamin D receptor (VDR), which is a key mediator in the vitamin D pathway, in breast cancer etiology has long been of interest. METHODS: We examined the association between polymorphisms in the 3' end of the VDR gene, specifically BsmI and Poly(A), and breast cancer risk within a large, population-based, case-control study of breast cancer. Cases (n = 1,631) were Caucasian and...
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