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Association of prostate cancer with vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism.
Cancer research - 15 Sept 1996
Taylor J A, Hirvonen A, Watson M, Pittman G, Mohler J L, Bell D A
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of prostate cancer in the United States is second only to skin cancers, and the disease kills almost the same number of men as breast cancer does women. Relatively few risk factors are known for prostate cancer, although several lines of evidence suggest that vitamin D may be an important determinant of prostate cancer risk. A series of common polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor gene were...
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