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Leukocyte telomere length, breast cancer risk in the offspring: the relations with father's age at birth.
Mechanisms of ageing and development - 1 Apr 2011
Arbeev Konstantin G, Hunt Steven C, Kimura Masayuki, Aviv Abraham, Yashin Anatoliy I
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have reported that leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is longer in offspring of older fathers. Longer telomeres might increase cancer risk. We examined the relation of father's age at the birth of the offspring (FAB) with LTL in the offspring in 2177 participants of the Family Heart Study and the probability of developing breast cancer in 1405 women from the Framingham Heart Study (offspring cohort)....
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