Campa, Daniele; Barrdahl, Myrto; Santoro, Aurelia; Severi, Gianluca; Baglietto, Laura; Omichessan, Hanane; Tumino, Rosario; Bueno-De-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Peeters, Petra H.; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Chirlaque, Maria-Dolores; Rodríguez-Barranco, Miguel; Agudo, Antonio; Gunter, Marc; Dossus, Laure; Krogh, Vittorio; Matullo, Giuseppe; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Travis, Ruth C.; Canzian, Federico; Kaaks, Rudolf (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-17)
<p><i>Background</i>: Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) and mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) copy number and deletions have been proposed as risk markers for various cancer types, including breast cancer (BC).</p>
<p><i>Methods</i>: To gain a more comprehensive picture on how these markers can modulate BC risk, alone or in conjunction, we performed simultaneous measurements of LTL and mtDNA copy number ...