Use of telomere length in peripheral leukocytes to predict risk of recurrence in patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer after curative resection

Authors :: Scott M. Lippman
M. R. Spitz
Jack A. Roth
Eric S. Kim
Ming Shyan Huang
Jian Gu
Ara A. Vaporciyan
Jinliang Xing
Xifeng Wu
Source :: Journal of Clinical Oncology. 28:7031-7031
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2010.
Abstract: 7031 Background: Telomeres play a key role in maintaining chromosome stability. Shorter telomere length has been demonstrated to be a risk factor for lung cancer. A significant number of patients w...

Subjects :: Curative resection
Oncology
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.disease
Peripheral
Telomere
Internal medicine
medicine
In patient
Non small cell
Risk factor
Stage (cooking)
business
Lung cancer

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