According to a new study shorter length of leukocyte telomeres - chromosome markers of biological aging - is associated with an greater risk of cancer and death from the disease.
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And participants in the group with the shortest telomere length had the highest rate of cancer.
"Of note, telomere length was preferentially associated with individual cancers characterized by a high fatality rate such as gastric, lung, and ovarian cancer, but less so with tumors linked to better prognosis," the authors write.
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The findings are published in July 7 issue of JAMA.
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