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Tumor angiogenesis is associated with MUC1 overexpression and loss of prostate-specific antigen expression in prostate cancer.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Jun 2001
Papadopoulos I, Sivridis E, Giatromanolaki A, Koukourakis M I
Abstract excerpt
The biological potential of prostate cancer is highly variable and cannot be satisfactorily predicted by histopathological criteria alone. Therefore, additional and more precise information is desirable. Although angiogenesis has been suggested as being of prognostic importance in many human cancers, and MUC1, also known as episialin, was thought to be responsible for the development of metastasis, the role of...
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