Vitamin D Levels in Patients with Breast Cancer: Importance of Dressing Style

Alço, Gül; Igdem, Sefik; Dincer, Maktav; Özmen, Vahit; Sağlam, Sezer; Selamoğlu, Derya; Erdoğan, Zeynep; Ordu, Çetın; Pilancı, Kezban Nur; Bozdogan, Atilla; Yenice, Sedef; Tecimer, C.; Demir, Gökhan; Köksal, Gülistan; Okkan, Sait

doi:10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.3.1357

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“…Above study suggested that sunlight exposure may be associated with reduced risk of breast cancer without any clear evidence of modification by the vitamin D receptor (VDR) variant which is a crucial mediator for the cellular effects of vitamin D (Wu et al, 2013) and later studies didn't show any association between VDR BsmI polymorphism and increased risk of breast cancer (Du et al, 2013;Huang et al, 2014). In line with our findings, dressing style with body coverage has recently been shown to be important for vitamin D levels and breasat cancer in Turkey (Alco et al, 2014). In our study the total sunlight exposure was not significantly different between cases and controls in the meanwhile the both groups were vitamin D deficient but the major difference between two groups was personal protection against sun with special emphasis to dressing style.…”

Section: An Inverse Association Between Total Annual Sunlight Vitaminsupporting

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Role of Vitamin D Deficiency and Lack of Sun Exposure in the Incidence of Premenopausal Breast Cancer: a Case Control Study in Sabzevar, Iran

Bidgoli

Azarshab²

2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Section: An Inverse Association Between Total Annual Sunlight Vitaminsupporting

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Role of Vitamin D Deficiency and Lack of Sun Exposure in the Incidence of Premenopausal Breast Cancer: a Case Control Study in Sabzevar, Iran

Bidgoli

Azarshab²

2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Vitamin D (25-hydroxyvitamin D) deficiency has been known as a worrying public health problem for its association with musculoskeletal, immune system, cardiovascular and mental health ( 2 - 4 ). Reports have shown that breast cancer patients have a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency ( 5 - 7 ). Vitamin D is influenced by many factors such as old age, high body mass index (BMI), high latitude, cold seasons, low sunlight exposure, and dark skin pigmentation which are associated with hypovitaminosis D ( 8 ).…”

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The Correlation of Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Deficiency With Risk of Breast Neoplasms: A Systematic Review

Shekarriz‐Foumani

Khodaie

2016

Iran J Cancer Prev

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ContextBreast cancer has been considered as one of the most common types of cancer among the women worldwide, and patients with breast neoplasms have been reported with high prevalence of low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels.ObjectivesOur aim was to evaluate the correlation of plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency with breast neoplasms risk among women.Data SourcesPubMed database was searched with MeSH (medical subject headings) keywords "vitamin D AND breast neoplasms" which was restricted by original articles written only in English and published from January 1, 2014.Study SelectionTo find the articles that met eligibility criteria, titles and abstracts were examined.Data ExtractionThis systematic review was conducted according to PRISMA (preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses) statement. Critical appraising of evidence was performed, using the study quality assessment tools of national institutes of health, national heart, lung and blood institute (NHLBI).ResultsOverall, 76 potential articles were identified and after screening, 13 articles met eligible criteria for inclusion. Definition of low vitamin D levels varied greatly among studies, making comparisons difficult, but most of them have defined deficiency as 25(OH)D < 20 ng/mL. Evidence was mainly of fair quality.ConclusionsThis study has provided evidence that vitamin D deficiency has been very prevalent in patients with breast neoplasms, more than comparable matched control population, and risk of breast cancer has increased with low vitamin D levels, suggesting the need for high quality studies that assessed the health consequences attributable to vitamin D deficiency employing standard definitions.

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“…There is controversy in the literature about this association. Some studies have found that breast cancer is associated with low levels of vitamin D 5-9. However there is a study published in 2007 that showed no association between breast cancer risk and vitamin D levels 10.…”

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Association between Vitamin D deficiency and Breast Cancer

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Objective:To determine the association between vitamin D deficiency and breast cancer.Methods:This case control study included 94 female patients aged 20-75 years of any marital status and parity. Newly diagnosed 42 breast cancer patients who presented to surgical OPD of Dow University Hospital from Jan 2016 to June 2016 were included into the study as “cases” after informed consent. Age-matched 52 females who presented to OPD for complain other than breast pathology were included as the “control group”. The sociodemographic of both cases and controls and histopathological characteristics of cases were recorded. Serum 25-(OH)2D levels were studied by the ELISA technique and recorded in ng/ml. Vitamin D deficiency was considered at serum level less than 20 ng/ml.Results:Mean age was 40.1 Years for controls and 47.6 Years for cases. Mean height, weight and BMI did not differ between cases and controls. Serum Vitamin D levels were significantly lower in cases (85.7%) than controls (55.8%). The unadjusted and adjusted ORs for breast cancer in cases and controls showed a statistically significantly increased risk of breast cancer with low vitamin D concentration (p value0.003). After adjustment for age, parity, BMI, sun exposure, economic status and education status the ORs (95% CIs) for breast cancer risk was7.8 (1.99 - 30.58) for women with vitamin D concentrations <20 ng/mL.Conclusion:Findings of our study conclude that vitamin D deficiency is associated with risk of breast cancer.

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Vitamin D Levels in Patients with Breast Cancer: Importance of Dressing Style

Cited by 23 publications

References 35 publications

Role of Vitamin D Deficiency and Lack of Sun Exposure in the Incidence of Premenopausal Breast Cancer: a Case Control Study in Sabzevar, Iran

Role of Vitamin D Deficiency and Lack of Sun Exposure in the Incidence of Premenopausal Breast Cancer: a Case Control Study in Sabzevar, Iran

The Correlation of Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Deficiency With Risk of Breast Neoplasms: A Systematic Review

Association between Vitamin D deficiency and Breast Cancer

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