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Vitamin D Pathway Gene Polymorphisms and Keratinocyte Cancers: A Nested Case-Control Study and Meta-Analysis.
Anticancer research - 1 May 2016
VON Schuckmann Lena A, Law Matthew H, Montgomery Grant W, Green Adele C, VAN DER Pols Jolieke C
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BACKGROUND: The vitamin D endocrine system is implicated in skin carcinogenesis and polymorphisms in genes associated with the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene may alter the risk of keratinocyte cancers (basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)). MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a nested case-control study of 1,124 adults, we investigated associations between polymorphisms in VDR-related pathways and...
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