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Genetic polymorphisms in CYP17, CYP3A4, CYP19A1, SRD5A2, IGF-1, and IGFBP-3 and prostate cancer risk in African-American men: the Flint Men's Health Study.
The Prostate - 15 Feb 2008
Sarma Aruna V, Dunn Rodney L, Lange Leslie A, Ray Anna, Wang Yunfei, Lange Ethan M, Cooney Kathleen A
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BACKGROUND: Association studies have examined the significance of several candidate genes based on biological pathways relevant to prostate carcinogenesis, including both the androgen and insulin-like growth factor pathways. Clinical and epidemiologic evidence suggest that androgens, specifically testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) are important not only in normal prostate growth but in the pathogenesis of...
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