Clinical potential of the ERG oncoprotein in prostate cancer.

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Published in Nat Rev Urol on February 14, 2012

Authors

Philip Rosen1, Isabell A Sesterhenn, Stephen A Brassell, David G McLeod, Shiv Srivastava, Albert Dobi

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Prostate Disease Research, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 1530 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, MD 20852, USA.

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