Telomere length in blood cells and breast cancer risk: Investigations in two case-control studies

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 769-775

  Zheng, Yun Ling ^a   Ambrosone, Christine ^b   Byrne, Celia ^a   Davis, Warren ^b   Nesline, Mary ^b   McCann, Susan E ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Blood leukocytes; Breast cancer; Genetic susceptibility; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEUKOCYTES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELOMERE;

EID: 77950858257     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-009-0440-z     Document Type: Article

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