Vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphisms and risk of ovarian cancer in Caucasian and African American women

► The OR for the association between ovarian cancer and rs7305032 in the VDR gene was 1.87 among African Americans. ► No association between VDR variants and ovarian cancer was detected among Caucasian women. ► This is the first report showing VDR variants associated with ovarian cancer risk in African American women.