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ArticleJournal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN2016

Characterization of Prostate Cancer in a Functional Eunuch.

John J Stocking, Michael V Fiandalo, Elena A Pop, John H Wilton, Gissou Azabdaftari, James L Mohler

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Article in Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

John J StockingFrom the Departments of Urology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York.
Michael V FiandaloFrom the Departments of Urology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York.
Elena A PopFrom the Departments of Urology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York.
John H WiltonFrom the Departments of Urology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York.
Gissou AzabdaftariFrom the Departments of Urology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York.
James L MohlerFrom the Departments of Urology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York.
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center · US

Funding

Two-Spirit Films in Indigenous Cancer HealthP30CA016056 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI Dean G. Tang · 1985 to 2026
$116.6M
Tumor stem cells in androgen independent prostate cancerP01CA077739 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI MOHLER, JAMES L · 1998 to 2014
$16.8M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA077739NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016056
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEunuchs rarely, if ever, develop prostate cancer (CaP). This article reports on a 62-year-old functional eunuch from prepubertal mumps orchitis who developed clinically localized CaP.

methodsSerum and CaP and benign prostate tissue androgen levels were measured using a validated liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay. The assay measures testosterone; dihydrotestosterone (DHT); the adrenal androgens, androstenedione and dehydroepiandrosterone; and the androgen metabolites, androsterone and androstanedione. Gene and protein expression levels of androgen metabolism enzymes, and androgen receptor and androgen-regulated genes were measured using quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry, respectively.

resultsIntracrine androgen metabolism produced tissue DHT when serum and tissue testosterone levels were castrate and undetectable, respectively. Androgen receptor, androgen-regulated, and androgen metabolism enzyme genes were expressed but at lower levels in CaP than benign tissues.

conclusionsDHT was synthesized using the primary backdoor androgen metabolism pathway and not using androstenedione or dehydroepiandrosterone via the frontdoor or secondary backdoor pathways.

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EunuchismHumansMaleMiddle AgedProstatic Neoplasms

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PMID27587619
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