Ram Niwas is working at Banars Hindu University, India.
Abstract
To measure the serum vitamin D, calcium and lipid profile levels in BC, benign breast diseases (BBD) and healthy control (HC) subjects, and compared these variables with clinico-pathological parameters in BC patients. In this prospective study 40 histologically confirmed invasive breast carcinoma, 20 benign breast disease patients and 20 healthy individuals taken as controls were enrolled for estimation of serum lipid profile, calcium and vitamin D..Level of serum lipid profile, calcium and vitamin D were compared with all three groups. In BC group, the levels were also compared with clinico-pathological parameters such as stage, menopausal status and hormone receptor status.