The association of telomere length with colorectal cancer differs by the age of cancer onset

Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Boardman, Lisa A ^a   Litzelman, Kristin ^b   Seo, Songwon ^c   Johnson, Ruth A ^d   Vanderboom, Russell J ^e   Kimmel, Grace W ^f   Cunningham, Julie M ^d   Gangnon, Ronald E ^b   Engelman, Corinne D ^b   Riegert Johnson, Douglas L ^a   Potter, John ^g   Haile, Robert ^h   Buchanan, Daniel ⁱ   Jenkins, Mark A ^j   Rider, David N ^d   Thibodeau, Stephen N ^d   Petersen, Gloria M ^d   Skinner, Halcyon G ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Korea Institute of Radiation and Medical Science   (South Korea)

^d Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^h STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM; DNA; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME SIZE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELOMERE; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84904696144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2155384X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ctg.2014.3     Document Type: Article

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