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Clinical usefulness of telomerase activation and telomere length in head and neck cancer
19 Sept 2002
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Telomere shortening at every replication cycle is postulated to limit the life span of human somatic cells. In contrast, activation of telomerase is proposed to be an essential step for cancer cell immortalization. Head and neck cancer is the most common malignancy in the Indian population compared with Western countries. However, there are very few reports on telomerase activity and telomere length...
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