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The adrenal androgen androstenediol is present in prostate cancer tissue after androgen deprivation therapy and activates mutated androgen receptor.
Cancer research - 15 Jan 2004
Mizokami Atsushi, Koh Eitetsu, Fujita Hiroshi, Maeda Yuji, Egawa Masayuki, Koshida Kiyoshi, Honma Seijiro, Keller Evan T, Namiki Mikio
Abstract excerpt
Despite an initial response to androgen deprivation therapy, prostate cancer (PCa) progresses eventually from an androgen-dependent to an androgen-independent phenotype. One of the mechanisms of relapse is antiandrogen withdrawal phenomenon caused by mutation of 877th amino acid of androgen receptor (AR). In the present study, we established a method to measure the concentration of androstenediol (adiol) in...
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