Telomere Maintenance Variants and Survival after Colorectal Cancer: Smoking- and Sex-Specific Associations.
Hang YinSheetal HardikarSara LindstroemLi HsuKristin E AndersonBarbara L BanburySonja I BerndtAndrew T ChanEdward L GiovanucciTabitha A HarrisonAmit D JoshiHongmei NanJohn D PotterLori C SakodaMartha L SlatteryRobert E SchoenEmily WhiteUlrike PetersPolly A NewcombPublished in: Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology (2020)
Our study found a gene-smoking and gene-sex interaction on survival after colorectal cancer diagnosis, providing new insights into the role of genetic polymorphisms in telomere maintenance on colorectal cancer prognosis.