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Association Between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer and Non-Neoplastic Diseases

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2017

Year

Philip Haycock, Stephen Burgess, Aayah Nounu, Jie Zheng, George N. Okoli, Jack Bowden, Kaitlin H. Wade, Nicholas J. Timpson, David M. Evans, Peter Willeit,
JAMA Oncology

Abstract

It is likely that longer telomeres increase risk for several cancers but reduce risk for some non-neoplastic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases.

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