Free testosterone drives cancer aggressiveness: evidence from US population studies.

Cancer incidence and mortality are higher in males than in females, suggesting that some gender-related factors are behind such a difference. To analyze this phenomenon the most recent Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database served to access cancer survival data for the US populat...

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Main Authors: Shohreh Shahabi, Shiquan He, Michael Kopf, Marisa Mariani, Joann Petrini, Giovanni Scambia, Cristiano Ferlini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3634830?pdf=render