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Modification of clinical presentation of prostate tumors by a novel genetic variant in CYP3A4.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 19 Aug 1998
Rebbeck T R, Jaffe J M, Walker A H, Wein A J, Malkowicz S B
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BACKGROUND: Pathways involved in androgen metabolism have been implicated in the etiology of prostate cancer. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of CYP3A4, a gene associated with the oxidative deactivation of testosterone, on the clinical presentation of prostate cancers. METHODS: A polymerase chain reaction-based approach was used to identify sequence variants of the human CYP3A4 gene. To...
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