Telomere length and risk of melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and basal cell carcinoma

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 434-439

  Anic, Gabriella M ^a   Sondak, Vernon K ^a   Messina, Jane L ^a,b   Fenske, Neil A ^b   Zager, Jonathan S ^a   Cherpelis, Basil S ^b   Lee, Ji Hyun ^a   Fulp, William J ^a   Epling Burnette, Pearlie K ^a   Park, Jong Y ^a   Rollison, Dana E ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Case control; Melanoma; Squamous cell carcinoma; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TELOMERE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878929759     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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