Short telomere length, cancer survival, and cancer risk in 47102 individuals

Maren Weischer; Børge G Nordestgaard; Richard M Cawthon; Jacob J Freiberg; Anne Tybjærg-Hansen; Stig E Bojesen

doi:10.1093/jnci/djt016

Short telomere length, cancer survival, and cancer risk in 47102 individuals

Maren Weischer, Børge G Nordestgaard, Richard M Cawthon, Jacob J Freiberg, Anne Tybjærg-Hansen, Stig E Bojesen

Department of Clinical Biochemistry

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Abstract

Recent meta-analyses have suggested that short telomere length was associated with increased risk of cancer. We therefore tested the hypotheses that short telomere length was associated with increased risk of cancer and with increased risk of early death after cancer.

Original language	English
Journal	National Cancer Institute. Journal (Print)
Volume	105
Issue number	7
Pages (from-to)	459-68
Number of pages	10
ISSN	0027-8874
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djt016
Publication status	Published - 3 Apr 2013

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