Article
Prevalence of androgen receptor gene mutations in latent prostatic carcinomas from Japanese men.
Cancer research - 15 Apr 1995
Takahashi H, Furusato M, Allsbrook W C, Nishii H, Wakui S, Barrett J C, Boyd J
Abstract excerpt
The incidence rate of clinically apparent prostatic carcinoma is 8-fold higher in the United States than in Japan, while the prevalence of latent prostatic carcinoma, a presumed precursor to clinical carcinoma, is similar in the two countries. The purpose of this study was to investigate the hypo...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Codon
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Exons
- Frameshift Mutation
- Humans
- Incidence
- Japan
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Point Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Precancerous Conditions
- Prevalence
- Prostatic Neoplasms
- Receptors, Androgen