Leukocyte telomere length in relation to pancreatic cancer risk: a prospective study.

BACKGROUND: Several studies have examined leukocyte telomere length (LTL) as a possible predictor for cancer at various organ sites. The hypothesis originally motivating many of these studies was that shorter telomeres would be associated with an increase in cancer risk; the results of epidemiologic...

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Main Authors: Campa, D, Mergarten, B, De Vivo, I, Boutron-Ruault, M, Racine, A, Severi, G, Nieters, A, Katzke, V, Trichopoulou, A, Yiannakouris, N, Trichopoulos, D, Boeing, H, Quirós, JR, Duell, E, Molina-Montes, E, Huerta, J, Ardanaz, E, Dorronsoro, M, Khaw, K, Wareham, N, Travis, R, Palli, D, Pala, V, Tumino, R, Naccarati, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: American Association for Cancer Research Inc. 2014