Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms and Prognosis of Breast Cancer among African-American and Hispanic Women

Dhruva K. Mishra; Yanyuan Wu; Marianna Sarkissyan; Suren Sarkissyan; Zujian Chen; Xiying Shang; May Ong; David Heber; H. Phillip Koeffler; Jaydutt V. Vadgama

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057967

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Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms and Prognosis of Breast Cancer among African-American and Hispanic Women

Dhruva K. Mishra,

Affiliation Division of Cancer Research and Training, Center to Eliminate Cancer Health Disparities, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Yanyuan Wu,

Affiliations Division of Cancer Research and Training, Center to Eliminate Cancer Health Disparities, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, UCLA-Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Marianna Sarkissyan,

Affiliation Division of Cancer Research and Training, Center to Eliminate Cancer Health Disparities, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Suren Sarkissyan,

Affiliation Division of Cancer Research and Training, Center to Eliminate Cancer Health Disparities, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Zujian Chen,

Affiliation Division of Cancer Research and Training, Center to Eliminate Cancer Health Disparities, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Xiying Shang,

Affiliation Division of Cancer Research and Training, Center to Eliminate Cancer Health Disparities, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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May Ong,

Affiliation Division of Cancer Research and Training, Center to Eliminate Cancer Health Disparities, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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David Heber,

Affiliations David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, UCLA-Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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H. Phillip Koeffler,

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, National Cancer Institute of Singapore, National University, Singapore, Singapore
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Jaydutt V. Vadgama

* E-mail: jayvadgama@cdrewu.edu

Affiliations Division of Cancer Research and Training, Center to Eliminate Cancer Health Disparities, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, UCLA-Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms and Prognosis of Breast Cancer among African-American and Hispanic Women

Dhruva K. Mishra,
Yanyuan Wu,
Marianna Sarkissyan,
Suren Sarkissyan,
Zujian Chen,
Xiying Shang,
May Ong,
David Heber,
H. Phillip Koeffler,
Jaydutt V. Vadgama

Published: March 12, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057967

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