DNA methylation-based biological aging and cancer risk and survival: Pooled analysis of seven prospective studies

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1611-1619

  Dugué, Pierre Antoine ^a,b   Bassett, Julie K ^a   Joo, JiHoon E ^c   Jung, Chol Hee ^c   Ming Wong, Ee ^c   Moreno Betancur, Margarita ^b,f   Schmidt, Daniel ^b   Makalic, Enes ^b   Li, Shuai ^b   Severi, Gianluca ^a,b,d,e   Hodge, Allison M ^a,b   Buchanan, Daniel D ^b,c,g   English, Dallas R ^a,b   Hopper, John L ^b   Southey, Melissa C ^a,c   Giles, Graham G ^a,b   Milne, Roger L ^a,b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e Human Genetic Foundation (HuGeF)   (Italy)

^f MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^g ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

age acceleration; aging; biological age; blood; DNA methylation; epigenetic aging; epigenetic clock; lymphoma; prospective study; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE ACCELERATION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH CANCER; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; VERY ELDERLY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85038218146     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.31189     Document Type: Article

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