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CYP17 gene promoter allelic variant is not associated with prostate cancer.
Urologic oncology - 1 Jan 2000
Lin Cheng-Chieh, Wu Hsi-Chin, Chen Wen-Chi, Chen Huey-Yi, Tsai Fuu-Jen
Abstract excerpt
Prostate cancer is the most common urological malignancy in Taiwan. The formation of prostate cancer has been reported to be associated with androgen. Two key steps in the sex steroid synthesis are mediated by the enzyme cytochrome p450c17alpha which is encoded in the CYP17 gene. Our aim was to i...
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