Telomere length and risk of developing gastric adenocarcinoma: The Singapore Chinese Health Study.

Zhensheng WangWoon-Puay KohAizhen JinRenwei WangWoon-Puay Koh

Published in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2017)

This is the first prospective study demonstrating a higher risk of gastric cancer to be associated with either extremely short or extremely long telomere length. Short and long telomere length may function differently in the early and late stages of gastric carcinogenesis.

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