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Advances in Urology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 781459, 14 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/781459
Biomarker-Based Targeting of the Androgen-Androgen Receptor Axis in Advanced Prostate Cancer
1Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
2Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
4Masonic Cancer Center and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Received 14 April 2012; Accepted 9 June 2012
Academic Editor: Joanne Edwards
Copyright © 2012 Manish Kohli et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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