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Genetic analysis of the vitamin D receptor gene in two epithelial cancers: melanoma and breast cancer case-control studies

Eva Barroso1, Lara P Fernandez1, Roger L Milne2, Guillermo Pita3, Elena Sendagorta4, Uxua Floristan4, Marta Feito4, Jose A Aviles5, Manuel Martin-Gonzalez6, Jose I Arias7, Pilar Zamora7, Monserrat Blanco8, Pablo Lazaro5, Javier Benitez1,3 and Gloria Ribas1*

  • * Corresponding author: Gloria Ribas gribas@cnio.es

  • † Equal contributors

Author Affiliations

1 Human Genetics Group; Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid, Spain

2 Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Group; Human Cancer Genetics Program, CNIO, Madrid, Spain

3 National Genotyping Centre (CeGen), Human Cancer Genetics Program, CNIO, Madrid, Spain

4 Department of Dermatology, La Paz Hospital, Madrid, Spain

5 Department of Dermatology, Gregorio MaraƱon Hospital, Madrid, Spain

6 Department of Dermatology, Ramon y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain

7 Service of Surgery, Monte Naranco, Oviedo, Spain

8 Department of Oncology, La Paz Hospital, Madrid, Spain

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BMC Cancer 2008, 8:385 doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-385

Published: 23 December 2008

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Personal, clinical and tumoral phenotypic characteristics in cases and controls in BC. The data provided represent the personal, clinical and tumoral phenotypic characterization of BC samples used in the study.

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Personal, clinical and tumoral phenotypic characteristics in cases and controls in MM. The data provided represent the personal, clinical and tumoral phenotypic characterization of MM samples used in the study.

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