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Vitamin D-related gene polymorphisms, plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D, and breast cancer risk.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Feb 2015
Reimers Laura L, Crew Katherine D, Bradshaw Patrick T, Santella Regina M, Steck Susan E, Sirosh Iryna, Terry Mary Beth, Hershman Dawn L, Shane Elizabeth, Cremers Serge, Dworakowski Elzbieta, Teitelbaum Susan L, Neugut Alfred I, Gammon Marilie D
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Studies of vitamin D-pathway genetic variants in relation to cancer risk have been inconsistent. We examined the associations between vitamin D-related genetic polymorphisms, plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D], and breast cancer risk. METHODS: In a population-based case-control study of 967 incident breast cancer cases and 993 controls, we genotyped 25 polymorphisms encoding the vitamin D receptor...
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