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Acquisition of neuroendocrine characteristics by prostate tumor cells is reversible: implications for prostate cancer progression.
Cancer research - 1 Aug 1999
Cox M E, Deeble P D, Lakhani S, Parsons S J
Abstract excerpt
Neuroendocrine (NE) cells occur as scattered foci within prostatic adenocarcinoma, similar to their distribution within ductal epithelial cells of the normal prostate. However, the density of NE cells is often greater in prostate carcinomas than in normal tissue, and the frequency of NE cells correlates with tumor grade, loss of androgen sensitivity, autocrine/paracrine activity, and poor prognosis. Although NE...
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