TMPRSS2:ERG fusion-associated deletions provide insight into the heterogeneity of prostate cancer.

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Published in Cancer Res on September 01, 2006

Authors

Sven Perner1, Francesca Demichelis, Rameen Beroukhim, Folke H Schmidt, Juan-Miguel Mosquera, Sunita Setlur, Joelle Tchinda, Scott A Tomlins, Matthias D Hofer, Kenneth G Pienta, Rainer Kuefer, Robert Vessella, Xiao-Wei Sun, Matthew Meyerson, Charles Lee, William R Sellers, Arul M Chinnaiyan, Mark A Rubin

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, EBRC 442A, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115-6110, USA.

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