Study findings enable more reliable prognoses for breast cancer
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 08:22
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at Umea University in Sweden have shown that the length of telomeres in blood cells in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients is tied to survival rates. The study, published in the journal Cancer Research, was carried out by a research team headed by Professor Goeran Roos at the Department of Medical Bioscience, Pathology...
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