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Elevated serum progastrin-releasing peptide (31-98) in metastatic and androgen-independent prostate cancer patients.
The Prostate - 1 May 2002
Yashi Masahiro, Muraishi Osamu, Kobayashi Yutaka, Tokue Akihiko, Nanjo Hiroshi
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BACKGROUND: Increases in neuroendocrine phenotype and secretory products are closely correlated with tumor progression and androgen independence in prostate cancer. In this study, we explored this correlation using serum progastrin-releasing peptide (ProGRP), a carboxy-terminal region common to three subtypes of precursors for gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP), which is released from the neuroendocrine phenotype to...
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