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Potential clinical value of circulating chromogranin A in patients with prostate carcinoma.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 Jan 2001
Berruti A, Dogliotti L, Mosca A, Gorzegno G, Bollito E, Mari M, Tarabuzzi R, Poggio M, Torta M, Fontana D, Angeli A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Neuroendocrine (NE) differentiation of prostate adenocarcinoma has received increasing attention in recent years as a result of possible implications for prognosis and therapy. The presence of NE tumor subpopulation can be gauged non invasively by measuring circulating levels of secretory products, primarily chromogranin A (CgA). METHODS: This article provides a review on published papers evaluating...
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