Asia Selman Abdullah

Publications

• Research Article   
  Phytochemical effects of soy isoflavones consumption on vitamin D and calcium levels in pre and postmenopausal women with hormone positive HER2 neu negative breast cancer
  Author(s): Ibtissam Abood Jabber*, Asia Selman Abdullah and Haider Saadoon Qasim Alhilf
  
  Breast cancer is the most common cancer in females, and it is ranked at level one in all cancer types list. Isoflavones are phenolic compounds with a chemical structure as same as estrogen which binds to hormone receptors. Calcitriol regulates proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation, inflammation, invasion, angiogenesis, and metastasis of BC. This study aimed to investigate the association of vitamin D and calcium levels with isoflavones in the premenopausal and postmenopausal women with hormone-positive Her2 neu negative BC treated with anti-estrogens and vitamin D. A randomized, interventional comparison study was carried out from October 2021 to May 2022. This study enrolled 120 BC, Iraqi women, with hormonal positive Her2 neu negative. The blood sample was collected in a gel tube and the serum is extracted as quickly as feasible. Then transferred into a new clean disposable plai.. Read More»
  

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