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Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and prognosis of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer.
British journal of cancer - 15 Dec 2009
Tamez S, Norizoe C, Ochiai K, Takahashi D, Shimojima A, Tsutsumi Y, Yanaihara N, Tanaka T, Okamoto A, Urashima M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recently, the vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphism FokI was shown to be associated with susceptibility to ovarian cancer. We aimed to examine whether VDR FokI polymorphisms influence the survivals of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). METHODS: VDR polymorphisms from FokI in 101 patients with EOC were genotyped by sequencing. Overall survival was compared between FokI single nucleotide...
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