Re: Short telomere length, cancer survival, and cancer risk in 47 102 individuals

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 105, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1157-

  Gu, Jian ^a   Wu, Xifeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOMA; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; TELOMERE;

EID: 84881649206     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djt154     Document Type: Letter

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