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SUBMITTER: Yang M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5336400 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Meng M Prescott Jennifer J Poole Elizabeth M EM Rice Megan S MS Kubzansky Laura D LD Idahl Annika A Lundin Eva E De Vivo Immaculata I Tworoger Shelley S SS
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20170216 3
<b>Background:</b> The associations between telomere length and cancer risk are equivocal, and none have examined the association between prediagnosis leukocyte telomere length (LTL) and the risk of developing ovarian cancer.<b>Methods:</b> We prospectively measured LTL collected from 442 ovarian cancer cases and 727 controls in the Nurses' Health Studies and the Northern Sweden Health and Disease Study. Cases were matched to one or two controls on age, menopausal status, and date of blood colle ...[more]