Investigating high circulating IGF-1 as a risk factor for development of prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the commonest cancer in UK men. Prostate cancers upregulate type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-1R), and men with high serum IGF-1 have an increased risk of prostate cancer and of dying from prostate cancer. Subjects with low circulating IGF-1 are strongly protected fr...
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| Language: | English |
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2022
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