TAT AS A BIOMARKER TO ASSESSTHE RISK OF CANCER

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

BREAST

OVARIAN

UTERINE

PROSTATE

SKIN CANCERS

Recent study by Harvard / Northwestern University suggest that telomere changesmay predict cancer

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 ANALYSISWILL HELP DETECT HIGHRISK INDIVIDUALS WITHSHORT TELOMERES ­MORE FREQUENTCHECK­UPS AT AN

EARLIER AGE

IT IS SCIENTIFICTLYPROVEN THAT

INDIVIDUALS WITH SHORTTELOMERES HAVE HIGHER

PROBABILITY OFDEVELOPING SECONDARY

CANCERS

SHORT TELOMERES CORRELATE WITH INCREASEDCANCER INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY