Telomere length differences between colorectal polyp subtypes: a colonoscopy-based case-control study

BACKGROUND: Short telomeres have been associated with increased risk of many cancers, particularly cancers of the gastrointestinal tract including esophagus and stomach. However, the association between telomere length (TL) and colorectal cancer and its precursors, colorectal polyps, is not clear. M...

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Published in:BMC Cancer
Main Authors: Hardikar, Sheetal, Burnett-Hartman, Andrea N., Phipps, Amanda I., Upton, Melissa P., Zhu, Lee-Ching, Newcomb, Polly A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5932759/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29720120
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-018-4426-2
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