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=== Vitamin D=== | === Vitamin D=== | ||
In recent years, [[vitamin D]] has been shown to decrease the risk of getting [[breast cancer]]. When different mechanisms of the vitamin D [[pathway]] are inhibited, breast cancer formation is favored. The two major forms of vitamin D, [[calcidiol]] and [[calcitriol]], play a role in prevention. Vitamin D in the body can be measured by the serum concentration of calcidiol. | |||
====Mechanisms==== | ====Mechanisms==== | ||
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Vitamin D
In recent years, vitamin D has been shown to decrease the risk of getting breast cancer. When different mechanisms of the vitamin D pathway are inhibited, breast cancer formation is favored. The two major forms of vitamin D, calcidiol and calcitriol, play a role in prevention. Vitamin D in the body can be measured by the serum concentration of calcidiol.