The evolution of prostate cancer from normal epithelium via prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia to invasive carcinoma is characterised by particular genomic abnormalities that are predominantly generated in the preneoplastic phase. Telomere dysfunction is thought to be a major contributor to the cause of these alterations. This thesis clarifies the association of telomere dysfunction with markers of genomic instability such as abnormalities of...
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