Blood Telomere Length Attrition and Cancer Development in the Normative Aging Study Cohort

201569 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

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Lifang Hou · Northwestern University

Brian Joyce · Northwestern University

Tao Gao · Northwestern University

Lei Liu · Northwestern University

Yinan Zheng · Northwestern University

Frank J. Penedo · Northwestern University

Siran Liu ·

Abstract

Age-related BTL attrition was faster in cancer cases but their age-adjusted BTL attrition began decelerating as diagnosis approached. This may explain prior inconsistencies and help develop BTL as a cancer detection biomarker.

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Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence Frailty in Older Adults

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Published in: EBioMedicine

Volume 2, Issue 6, pp. 591-596

DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2015.04.008

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Blood Telomere Length Attrition and Cancer Development in the Normative Aging Study Cohort

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