Article
Vitamin D receptor variants and the malignant melanoma risk: a population-based study.
Cancer epidemiology - 1 Aug 2009
Gapska P, Scott R J, Serrano-Fernandez P, Mirecka A, Rassoud I, Górski B, Cybulski C, Huzarski T, Byrski T, Nagay L, Maleszka R, Sulikowski M, Lubinski J, Debniak T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is continuing interest in identifying low-penetrance genes which are associated with an increased susceptibility to common types of cancer, including malignant melanoma. METHODS: We sought to examine the association between four VDR common variants (rs1544410, rs731236, rs10735810, rs4516035) and the risk of melanoma in the Polish population. We also determined the prevalence of compound...
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