Current or recent smoking is associated with more variable telomere length in prostate stromal cells and prostate cancer cells.
Corrine E JoshuSarah B PeskoeChristopher M HeaphyStacey A KenfieldLorelei A MucciEdward L GiovannucciMeir J StampferGhilsuk YoonThomas K LeeJessica L HicksAngelo M De MarzoAlan K MeekerElizabeth A PlatzPublished in: The Prostate (2017)
Telomere variability in prostate cells may be one mechanism through which smoking influences poor prostate cancer outcomes.