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Calcium, vitamin D, VDR genotypes, and epigenetic and genetic changes in rectal tumors.
Nutrition and cancer - 1 Jan 2010
Slattery Martha L, Wolff Roger K, Herrick Jennifer S, Caan Bette J, Samowitz Wade
Abstract excerpt
Calcium, vitamin D, exposure to sunshine, and vitamin D receptor (VDR) genotypes have been associated rectal cancer. We used data from 750 rectal tumors and 1,205 population-based controls examine associations with TP53, KRAS2, and CpG Island methylator phenotype (CIMP) markers. Rectal tumors were associated with high levels of calcium overall and with TP53 tumor mutations specifically (OR = 0.6, 95% CI =...
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