In the PB-Cre4 × PTEN model, expression of Cre-recombinase occurs from the onset of prostate development in newborn mice, and deletion of PTEN leads to hyperplasic growth, followed by prostate intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) from 5 weeks and adenocarcinoma from 6 months (C. Sandi, personal communication). This evidence concerns the gene PTEN and adenocarcinoma.