Telomere length in peripheral blood leukocytes and lung cancer risk: A large case-control study in caucasians

Cancer Research

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2476-2486

  Sanchez Espiridion, Beatriz ^a   Chen, Meng ^a   Chang, Joe Y ^b   Lu, Charles ^c   Chang, David W ^a   Roth, Jack A ^d   Wu, Xifeng ^a   Gu, Jian ^a  

^a Division of Epidemiology Human Genetics Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Division of Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^c Departments of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84900020857     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-13-2968     Document Type: Article

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