Correlation of Serum Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 with Prostate Cancer

Background: Insulin-like growth factor-1 can act in both an autocrine and paracrine manner to promote normal growth and malignant cellular proliferation. The importance of this factor as a major regulatory peptide has been established for cells, in vitro and in vivo. However, the role of serum insul...

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Main Authors: Mohsen Ayati, Shahryar Zeighami, Majeed Safavi, Mohammad Reza Nowroozi, Hasan Jamshidian, Alipasha Meysamie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2012-10-01
Series:Middle East Journal of Cancer
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Online Access:http://mejc.sums.ac.ir/index.php/mejc/article/view/111/212