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Title
Telomere dysfunction: a potential cancer predisposition factor.
Authors
Wu, Xifeng; Amos, Christopher I; Zhu, Yong; Zhao, Hua; Grossman, Barton H; Shay, Jerry W; Luo, Sherry; Hong, Waun Ki; Spitz, Margaret R
Abstract
Genetic instability associated with telomere dysfunction (i.e., short telomeres) is an early event in tumorigenesis. We investigated the association between telomere length and cancer risk in four ongoing case-control studies.
Publication
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2003, Vol 95, Issue 16, p1211