High level of dioxin-TEQ in tissue is associated with Agent Orange exposure but not with biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 376-381

  Li, Q ^a   Lan, L ^b   Klaassen, Z ^a   Shah, S R ^a   Moses, K A ^a   Terris, M K ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent Orange; Biochemical recurrence; Dioxin; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; DIOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TISSUE LEVEL;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; BIOPSY; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84887607477     PISSN: 13657852     EISSN: 14765608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pcan.2013.33     Document Type: Article

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