Cancer Causes Control. 2014 May;25(5):561-70. doi: 10.1007/s10552-014-0361-y. Epub 2014 Feb 23.
Pibiri F1, Kittles RA, Sandler RS, Keku TO, Kupfer SS, Xicola RM, Llor X, Ellis NA.
PURPOSE:
Disparities in both colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and survival impact African Americans (AAs) more than other US ethnic groups. Because vitamin D is thought to protect against CRC and AAs have lower serum vitamin D levels, genetic variants that modulate the levels of active hormone in the tissues could explain some of the cancer health disparity. Consequently, we hypothesized that genetic variants in vitamin D-related genes are associated with CRC risk.
METHODS:
To test this hypothesis, we studied 39 potentially functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in eight genes (CYP2R1, CYP3A4, CYP24A1, CYP27A1, CYP27B1, GC, DHCR7, and VDR) in 961 AA CRC cases and 838 healthy AA controls from Chicago and North Carolina. We tested whether SNPs are associated with CRC incidence using logistic regression models to calculate p values, odds ratios, and 95 % confidence intervals. In the logistic regression, we used a log-additive genetic model and used age, gender, and percent West African ancestry, which we estimated with the program STRUCTURE, as covariates in the models.
RESULTS:
A nominally significant association was detected between CRC and the SNP rs12794714 in the vitamin D 25-hydroxylase gene CYP2R1 (p = 0.019), a SNP that has previously been associated with serum vitamin D levels. Two SNPs, rs16847024 in the GC gene and rs6022990 in the CYP24A1 gene, were nominally associated with left-sided CRC (p = 0.015 and p = 0.018, respectively).
CONCLUSIONS:
Our results strongly suggest that genetic variation in vitamin D-related genes could affect CRC susceptibility in Aas.
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Dark skinned people: higher risk of Prostate, Colon, and Breast Cancers (yet again) - April 2024 |
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15 Apr, 2024 |
Prostate cancer patients in Jamaica were 5X more likely to die of PC if low vitamin D - Sept 2022 |
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01 Oct, 2022 |
Newly diagnosed Children with Cancer have low vitamin D, especially if black - May 2022 |
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16 Jun, 2022 |
Cancer continues to be more deadly for Blacks than Whites (hint – low Vitamin D) – May 2022 |
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30 May, 2022 |
Cancer of breast is highest in dark-skinned women (low Vitamin D: dark skin and obese) - Feb 2022 |
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12 Feb, 2022 |
Cancers and Vitamin D Receptors, including change with race – Feb 2021 |
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24 Oct, 2021 |
Those with recent cancer diagnosis had 7X increased risk of COVID-19 (more if A-A )- Dec 2020 |
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19 Feb, 2021 |
Deaths after Cancer Surgery higher in blacks (probably low vitamin D) – Dec 2020 |
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10 Jan, 2021 |
Blacks are more obese, have lower Vitamin D, and have more Cancer etc. than whites – Feb 2018 |
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03 May, 2018 |
Hypothesis: Blacks get more cancer than whites due to lower levels of vitamin D – June 2012 |
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03 May, 2018 |
Prostate Cancer risk in black men increased 2X having poor Vitamin D Binding Protein – July 2017 |
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20 Nov, 2017 |
Breast cancer in blacks – 5X increased risk of triple negative if low vitamin D – Oct 2017 |
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01 Nov, 2017 |
Breast cancer worse for black women – Sept 2011 |
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19 Aug, 2017 |
Prostate cancer in black men is 1.6 times more likely if a poor Vitamin D Receptor – Feb 2017 |
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06 Mar, 2017 |
Aggressive Prostate Cancer in blacks with low vitamin D – 7X more likely if added Calcium – Jan 2017 |
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28 Dec, 2016 |
Head and Neck Cancer associated with low vitamin D, especially with blacks - April 2012 |
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17 Nov, 2016 |
2X less prostate cancer in A-A with low Calcium is due vitamin D receptor gene – July 2013 |
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14 Nov, 2016 |
Higher rate of prostate cancer in AA may decrease if take vitamin D – July 2016 |
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07 Jul, 2016 |
Prostate Cancer incidence and death 2X more often among black men (vitamin D not mentioned) - July 2015 |
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30 Jul, 2015 |
Kidney Cancer differences with skin color probably due to vitamin D differences – May 2015 |
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25 May, 2015 |
Tanning potential predicts risk of Prostate Cancer in Blacks – Nov 2014 |
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02 Jan, 2015 |
Cancer patients at high risk of vitamin D deficiency were not tested as often (paradoxically) – July 2014 |
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12 Aug, 2014 |
Colon cancer more likely in blacks due to differences in Vitamin D genes (wonder if more Vitamin D would help) – May 2014 |
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21 May, 2014 |
Barefoot on mega doses of vitamin D and his book on Cancer |
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10 Apr, 2014 |
Hypothesis - Dark skin evolved to avoid skin cancer - Feb 2014 |
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02 Mar, 2014 |
Breast cancer more deadly for blacks than whites |
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13 Feb, 2014 |
Skin cancer risk and vitamin D from sun both decrease with darker skin – March 2013 |
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10 Nov, 2013 |
Hypothesis: Vitamin D is related to breast cancer racial disparities in the US - Sept 2012 |
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08 Jul, 2013 |
Genes may account for some of AA Breast Cancer – April 2012 |
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08 Jul, 2013 |
More US deaths due to cancer than heart if dark skinned – Sept 2012 |
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18 Sep, 2012 |
Low vitamin D in blacks increases colorectal cancer deaths 40 percent – Cancer Oct 2010 |
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23 Oct, 2010 |