## Abstract Because androgens likely play a key role in prostate growth and prostate cancer development, variants of genes involved in androgen biosynthesis may be related to prostate cancer risk. The enzyme P450c17α, encoded by the __CYP17__ gene, catalyzes the conversion of progesterone and pregn
Mortality trends for benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer in English populations 1979–2006
✍ Scribed by Marie E. Duncan; Michael J. Goldacre
- Book ID
- 110923012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 285 KB
- Volume
- 107
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-4096
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