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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 hypothesis that this profound difference in incidence rates of clinical carcinoma reflects distinct profiles of molecular...
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