Free Testosterone Drives Cancer Aggressiveness: Evidence from US Population Studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Shahabi, Shohreh ^a   He, Shiquan ^a   Kopf, Michael ^a   Mariani, Marisa ^a,b   Petrini, Joann ^a   Scambia, Giovanni ^b,c   Ferlini, Cristiano ^a,c  

^a DANBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Jean Paul IInd Research Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE; SARCOMA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLID TUMOR; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876575228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061955     Document Type: Article

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