Prostate cancer and neuroendocrine differentiation: More neuronal, less endocrine?

Neuroendocrine differentiation (NED) marks a structural and functional feature of certain cancers, including prostate cancer, whereby the malignant tissue contains a significant proportion of cells displaying neuronal, endocrine, or mixed features. NED cells produce, and can secrete, a cocktail of m...

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Main Authors: Alexandru Dan eGrigore, Eshel eBen-Jacob, Mary C. Farach-Carson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2015.00037/full