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Vitamin D and its relationship with breast cancer: an evidence based practice paper
Jawad Obaidi, Eyad Musallam, Hamzah Mohammad Al-Ghzawi1
11. Al-Farabi College, Nursing department Riyadh, 11514 Saudi Arabia 2. AL al-Bayt University, Faculty of Nursing Mafraq, 25113 Jordan. hamzahjordan87@gmail.com.
Background:
In oncology research fields, vitamin D has emerged as the most fruitful issue. The previous decade witnessed intensive efforts in connecting vitamin D with risk reduction and progression of various epithelial cancers, especially, breast cancer.
Purpose:
To evaluate the relationship between vitamin D levels and breast cancer.
Method:
A comprehensive search of several electronic databases was conducted in Pub Med, MEDLINE, CINAHL, in addition to, web search engine "Google" for abstracts, in order to determine the relationship between vitamin D and breast cancer.
Results:
It was found that an increased serum level of vitamin D is associated with decreased risk of breast cancer.
Conclusion:
It was concluded that vitamin D plays a significant role in protection of breast cancer.
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