Associations between longer leukocyte telomere length and increased lung cancer risk among never smokers in urban China.

Jason Y Y Wong Christina E Bailey Wei Hu Batel Blechter Jianxin Shi Kevin Wang Richard M Cawthon Qiuyin Cai Gong Yang Mohammad L Rahman Bu-Tian Ji Yu-Tang Gao Quan Long Nathaniel Rothman Qing Lan

Published in: Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology (2023)

Our findings firmly support the role of longer telomeres in lung carcinogenesis.

Keyphrases

smoking cessation
peripheral blood