Low serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels are associated with aggressive breast cancer variants and poor prognostic factors in patients with breast carcinoma

ABSTRACT Objective: This study was conducted to assess the serum 25-hydroxy (OH) vitamin D levels in patients with breast cancer compared to healthy controls and to identify its association with aggressive breast cancer phenotypes. Materials and methods: Serum 25-OH vitamin D levels of 78 breast c...

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Main Authors: Arunkumar Karthikayan, Sathasivam Sureshkumar, Dharanipragada Kadambari, Chellappa Vijayakumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Series:Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972018000400452&lng=en&tlng=en