Heterogenous expression of ERG oncoprotein in Malaysian men with adenocarcinoma of the prostate

• Main Authors: Tan, Jia Shin Jessica, Ong, Kien Chai, Ong, Diana Bee Lan, Razack, Azad, Lim, Jasmine, Yunus, Rosna, Sundram, Murali, Rhodes, Anthony
• Format: Article
• Published: College of Pathologists, Academy of Medicine Malaysia 2018
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/20541/; http://www.mjpath.org.my/2018/v40n2/adenocarcinoma-of-prostate.pdf

Introduction: Prostate cancer is a heterogenous disease and the mechanisms that drive it to behave differently are not well understood. Tumour expression of the ERG oncogene occurs in the majority of patients with prostate cancer in Western studies. This is considered to be oncogenic as ERG acts as...