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Can urinary exosomes act as treatment response markers in prostate cancer?
Journal of translational medicine - 12 Jan 2009
Mitchell Paul J, Welton Joanne, Staffurth John, Court Jacquelyn, Mason Malcolm D, Tabi Zsuzsanna, Clayton Aled
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BACKGROUND: Recently, nanometer sized vesicles (termed exosomes) have been described as a component of urine. Such vesicles may be a useful non-invasive source of markers in renal disease. Their utility as a source of markers in urological cancer remains unstudied. Our aim in this study was to investigate the feasibility and value of analysing urinary exosomes in prostate cancer patients undergoing standard...
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