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Germline predictors of androgen deprivation therapy response in advanced prostate cancer.
Mayo Clinic proceedings - 1 Mar 2012
Kohli Manish, Riska Shaun M, Mahoney Douglas W, Chai High S, Hillman David W, Rider David N, Costello Brian A, Qin Rui, Lamba Jatinder, Sahasrabudhe Deepak M, Cerhan James R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether germline variations in genes involved in sex steroid biosynthesis and metabolic pathways predict time to treatment failure for patients with advanced prostate cancer undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), because there are few known clinical predictors of response. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In a cohort of 304 patients with advanced prostate cancer undergoing ADT, we genotyped...
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