Telomere Length Shows No Association with BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Status

Emma Killick; Malgorzata Tymrakiewicz; Clara Cieza-Borrella; Paula Smith; Deborah J. Thompson; Karen A. Pooley; Doug F. Easton; Elizabeth Bancroft; Elizabeth Page; Daniel Leongamornlert; The IMPACT collaborators; Zsofia Kote-Jarai; Rosalind A. Eeles

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086659

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Telomere Length Shows No Association with BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Status

Emma Killick ,

* E-mail: emma.killick@uhs.nhs.uk

¶‡ EK and MT are joint first authors on this work. ZK-J and RAE are joint last authors on this work.

Affiliations Division of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom, Oncogentics, Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Malgorzata Tymrakiewicz ,

¶‡ EK and MT are joint first authors on this work. ZK-J and RAE are joint last authors on this work.

Affiliation Oncogentics, Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Clara Cieza-Borrella,

Affiliation Unidad de Medicina Molecular, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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Paula Smith,

Affiliation Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Deborah J. Thompson,

Affiliation Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Karen A. Pooley,

Affiliation Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Doug F. Easton,

Affiliation Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Bancroft,

Affiliation Cancer Genetics, Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Page,

Affiliation Oncogentics, Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Daniel Leongamornlert,

Affiliation Oncogentics, Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, United Kingdom
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The IMPACT collaborators ,

¶Membership of the IMPACT collaborators is provided Supplement S1.
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Zsofia Kote-Jarai ,

¶‡ EK and MT are joint first authors on this work. ZK-J and RAE are joint last authors on this work.

Affiliation Oncogentics, Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Rosalind A. Eeles

¶‡ EK and MT are joint first authors on this work. ZK-J and RAE are joint last authors on this work.

Affiliation Oncogentics, Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Telomere Length Shows No Association with BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Status

Emma Killick,
Malgorzata Tymrakiewicz,
Clara Cieza-Borrella,
Paula Smith,
Deborah J. Thompson,
Karen A. Pooley,
Doug F. Easton,
Elizabeth Bancroft,
Elizabeth Page,
Daniel Leongamornlert

Published: January 29, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086659

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