Telomere Length as a Risk Factor for Hereditary Prostate Cancer

BACKGROUND: Telomeres are repetitive nucleotide sequences that stabilize the ends of chromosomes. Critically short telomeres are thought to contribute to cancer development by increasing chromosomal instability. We hypothesized that shorter leukocyte telomere length, a surrogate for inherited prosta...

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Published in:Prostate
Main Authors: Hurwitz, Lauren M., Heaphy, Christopher M., Joshu, Corinne E., Isaacs, William B., Konishi, Yuko, De Marzo, Angelo M., Isaacs, Sally D., Wiley, Kathy E., Platz, Elizabeth A., Meeker, Alan K.
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Language:Inglês
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4479489/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24285042
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pros.22755
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