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Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and steroid receptor status among Saudi women with breast cancer.
Gene - 10 Mar 2015
Nemenqani Dalal M, Karam Rehab A, Amer Mona G, Abd El Rahman Tamer M
Abstract excerpt
The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is a mediator for the cellular effects of vitamin D and interacts with other cell signaling pathways that influence cancer development. We evaluated the associations of the FOK1 and Taq1 VDR polymorphisms and breast cancer risk and possible effect modification by steroid receptor status of the tumor. This case-control study includes 95 breast cancer patients and 100 age-matched...
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