Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and male breast cancer risk in Turkish population.

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PURPOSE: Male breast cancer (MBC) is a rare disease. However, as global populace ages, there is a trend for MBC increase. Although its etiology is still unclear, constitutional, environmental, hormonal (abnormalities in estrogen/androgen balance) and genetic (positive family history, Klinefelter syndrome, mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2) risk factors are already known. One potential target is the vitamin D receptor...

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