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Racial variation in insulin-like growth factor-1 and binding protein-3 concentrations in middle-aged men.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Dec 1999
Platz E A, Pollak M N, Rimm E B, Majeed N, Tao Y, Willett W C, Giovannucci E
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African-American men have the highest and Asian-American men have the lowest prostate cancer incidence rates in the United States; internationally, rates for the Asian continent are among the lowest. Higher insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1, which participates in the control of cellular growth and differentiation and is modulated by IGF-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3), was associated with an increased prostate...
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