Tumor cells along with a small proportion of cancer stem cells exist in a stromal
microenvironment consisting of vasculature, cancer-associated fibroblasts, immune cells …

Vitamin D (the sunshine vitamin) plays a vital role in calcium homeostasis, skeletal
metabolism, and immune, cardiovascular, and reproductive systems' functions. The …

Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally and is projected to overtake infectious
disease as the leading cause of mortality in Africa within the next two decades. Cancer is a …

Background: Vitamin D inhibits cell proliferation via the vitamin D receptor (VDR), which may
affect breast cancer risk. This study aimed to investigate the association of ApaI and TaqI …

Background Circulating miRNAs are stable in body fluids and resembles their levels in
cancer tissue/cells. They have been expressed in many cancers among them is breast …

Vitamin D deficiency is an emerging risk factor for breast cancer suggesting its role in breast
cancer pathogenesis. Recent evidence suggests vitamin D receptor (VDR) expression is a …

Background Circulating miRNAs are novel biomarkers, authors aimed to investigate the
expression level of miR-29a and miR-335 and their relevance to CEA, CA15. 3, and matrix …

Background Genetic susceptibility for breast cancer (BC) is still poorly understood. A
combination of multiple low-penetrant alleles of cancer-related genes and gene–gene …

Breast cancer (BCa) is a prevalent form of cancer in women, exhibiting varying rates and
distribution across different ethnic groups. Among these groups, African American (AA) …

Abstract Background Vitamin D receptor (VDR) genetic polymorphisms have been stated to
be related with thalassemia, in addition to the environmental factors that enhanced the …