Cytochrome P450 2B6 is aGrowth-Inhibitory and Prognostic Factor for ProstateCancer.
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Prostate cancer is one of the most common malignanciesin the world. There is abundant evidence thatandrogens influence the development and progressionof prostate cancer [1–3]. Since most of prostate cancer isandrogen-dependent, standard treatment for metastaticprostate cancer patients is androgen deprivationtherapy (ADT). However the beneficial effects of ADTare transient and prostate cancer progresses to recurrentcancer. Recent reports showed that levels oftestosterone and its metabolites, dihydrotestosterone(DHT) and androstenediol, were still sufficiently highto activate the androgen receptor in recurrent prostate
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2006 ◽
Vol 13
(9)
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pp. 1197-1201
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