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Review
. 2023 Oct;23(10):686-709.
doi: 10.1038/s41568-023-00609-y. Epub 2023 Sep 8.

Targeting sex steroid biosynthesis for breast and prostate cancer therapy

Matti Poutanen  1   2   3   4 , Malin Hagberg Thulin  5 , Pirkko Härkönen  6   7
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Review

Targeting sex steroid biosynthesis for breast and prostate cancer therapy

Matti Poutanen et al. Nat Rev Cancer. 2023 Oct.
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: M.P. receives funding and research support from Orion Pharma and Forendo Pharma, has a consultation agreement with Forendo Pharma (past) and Organon & Co (current), and co-supervises a Ph.D. student at Orion Pharma. M.H.T and P.H. declare no competing interests.

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