SHORT TELOMERES HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE A RISK FACTOR FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF CANCER

1. TAT AS A BIOMARKER TO ASSESS
THE RISK OF CANCER

2. SHORT TELOMERES HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE A
RISK FACTOR FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF CANCER
BREAST
OVARIAN
UTERINE
PROSTATE
SKIN CANCERS
Recent study by Harvard / Northwestern University suggest that telomere changes
may predict cancer

3. DID YOU KNOW...
SHORT TELOMERES IN PATIENTS WITH BRCA1/2 HAVE BEEN
RELATED WITH BREAST CANCER DEVELOPMENT AT YOUNGER
AGE THAN THOSE WITH LONGER TELOMERES
TELOMERE ANALYSIS
WILL HELP DETECT HIGH
RISK INDIVIDUALS WITH
SHORT TELOMERES ­
MORE FREQUENT
CHECK­UPS AT AN
EARLIER AGE
IT IS SCIENTIFICTLY
PROVEN THAT
INDIVIDUALS WITH SHORT
TELOMERES HAVE HIGHER
PROBABILITY OF
DEVELOPING SECONDARY
CANCERS

4. SHORT TELOMERES CORRELATE WITH INCREASED
CANCER INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY