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Pathogenesis of prostatic small cell carcinoma involves the inactivation of the P53 pathway.
Endocrine-related cancer - 1 Jun 2012
Chen Hongbing, Sun Yin, Wu Chengyu, Magyar Clara E, Li Xinmin, Cheng Liang, Yao Jorge L, Shen Steven, Osunkoya Adeboye O, Liang Chaozhao, Huang Jiaoti
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Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (SCNC) of the prostate is a variant form of prostate cancer that occurs de novo or as a recurrent tumor in patients who received hormonal therapy for prostatic adenocarcinoma. It is composed of pure neuroendocrine (NE) tumor cells, but unlike the scattered NE cells in benign prostate and adenocarcinoma that are quiescent, the NE cells in SCNC are highly proliferative and...
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