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The fibroblast growth factor receptor-4 Arg388 allele is associated with prostate cancer initiation and progression.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Sept 2004
Wang Jianghua, Stockton David W, Ittmann Michael
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PURPOSE: Increased expression of fibroblast growth factors that can activate the fibroblast growth factor receptor-4 (FGFR-4) occurs in a substantial fraction of human prostate cancers in vivo. A germline polymorphism of the FGFR-4 gene resulting in expression of arginine at codon 388 (Arg388) is associated with aggressive disease in patients with breast and colon cancer. We therefore sought to determine whether...
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