Telomere length, genetic variants and risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck in Southeast Chinese

Telomere dysfunction participates in malignant transformation and tumorigenesis. Previous studies have explored the associations between telomere length (TL) and cancer susceptibility; however, the findings are inconclusive. The associations between genetic variants and TL have been verified by quit...

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Main Authors: Gu, Yayun, Yu, Chengxiao, Miao, Limin, Wang, Lihua, Xu, Chongquan, Xue, Wenjie, Du, Jiangbo, Yuan, Hua, Dai, Juncheng, Jin, Guangfu, Hu, Zhibin, Ma, Hongxia, Shen, Hongbing
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4746643/