Health-related quality of life and DNA methylation-based aging biomarkers among survivors of childhood cancer.
Noel-Marie PlonskiYue PanCheng ChenQian DongXijun ZhangNan SongKyla SheltonJohn EastonHeather MulderJinghui ZhangGeoffrey A NealeEmily WalkerHui WangRachel WebsterTara BrinkmanKevin R KrullGregory T ArmstrongKirsten K NessMelissa M HudsonQian LiI-Chan HuangZhaoming WangPublished in: Journal of the National Cancer Institute (2024)
Overall and domain-specific measures of HRQOL are associated with DNA methylation measures of biological aging. Future longitudinal studies should test biological aging as a potential mechanism underlying the association between poor HRQOL and increased risk of clinically assessed adverse health outcomes.