Methylation-based markers of aging and lifestyle-related factors and risk of breast cancer: a pooled analysis of four prospective studies

Abstract Background DNA methylation in blood may reflect adverse exposures accumulated over the lifetime and could therefore provide potential improvements in the prediction of cancer risk. A substantial body of research has shown associations between epigenetic aging and risk of disease, including...

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Main Authors: Pierre-Antoine Dugué, Clara Bodelon, Felicia F. Chung, Hannah R. Brewer, Srikant Ambatipudi, Joshua N. Sampson, Cyrille Cuenin, Veronique Chajès, Isabelle Romieu, Giovanni Fiorito, Carlotta Sacerdote, Vittorio Krogh, Salvatore Panico, Rosario Tumino, Paolo Vineis, Silvia Polidoro, Laura Baglietto, Dallas English, Gianluca Severi, Graham G. Giles, Roger L. Milne, Zdenko Herceg, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, James M. Flanagan, Melissa C. Southey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-09-01
Series:Breast Cancer Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-022-01554-8