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Figure 8. Diagram showing that a background low level of PCA3 expression is present from the benign prostate cells in urine (left). On right, a single cancer cell is shown to greatly over-express the gene, allowing detection in a urine specimen of an abnormal quantity of PCA3 relative to the normal background. |
