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A polymorphism in a transporter of testosterone is a determinant of androgen independence in prostate cancer.
BJU international - 5 Aug 2008
Sharifi Nima, Hamada Akinobu, Sissung Tristan, Danesi Romano, Venzon David, Baum Caitlin, Gulley James L, Price Douglas K, Dahut William L, Figg William D
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OBJECTIVE: To determine if patients with advanced prostate cancer carrying a polymorphism that codes for a more active testosterone transporter have less durable responses to androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) than patients not carrying this polymorphism. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We previously determined that a polymorphism in SLCO1B3 affects testosterone transport and that those men who have at least one wild-type...
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