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Genetic polymorphisms of hormone-related genes and prostate cancer risk in the Japanese population.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Fukatsu Takahide, Hirokawa Yoshifumi, Araki Tomio, Hioki Takuichi, Murata Tetsuya, Suzuki Hiroyoshi, Ichikawa Tomohiko, Tsukino Hiromasa, Qiu Delai, Katoh Takahiko, Sugimura Yoshiki, Yatani Ryuichi, Shiraishi Taizo, Watanabe Masatoshi
Abstract excerpt
Carcinogenesis of the prostate involves androgen influences, and associations between genetic polymorphisms of androgen receptor and metabolizing enzymes and prostate cancer risk have been reported. Roles for non-androgenic hormones are not well defined, but they also may have an impact judging from epidemiological and animal experimental alphalambda zeta of data. The purpose of the study was to determine whether...
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