Androgen receptor in prostate cancer: Cause or cure?

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 395-397

  Bevan, Charlotte L ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIANDROGEN;

CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENICITY; GENE MUTATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 27144520894     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2005.09.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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