Telomere Length on Chromosome 17q Shortens More than Global Telomere Length in the Development of Breast Cancer

It is known that total telomere length is shorter in invasive breast cancer than in normal breast tissue but the status of individual telomere lengths has not been studied. Part of the difficulty is that usually telomere length in interphase cells is measured on all chromosomes together. In this st...

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Main Authors: Fariborz Rashid-Kolvear, Melania Pintiliet, Susan J. Done
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-04-01
Series:Neoplasia: An International Journal for Oncology Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1476558607800960