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PTEN genomic deletion predicts prostate cancer recurrence and is associated with low AR expression and transcriptional activity.
BMC cancer - 22 Nov 2012
Choucair Khalil, Ejdelman Joshua, Brimo Fadi, Aprikian Armen, Chevalier Simone, Lapointe Jacques
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer (PCa), a leading cause of cancer death in North American men, displays a broad range of clinical outcome from relatively indolent to lethal metastatic disease. Several genomic alterations have been identified in PCa which may serve as predictors of progression. PTEN, (10q23.3), is a negative regulator of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PIK3)/AKT survival pathway and a tumor...
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