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Lower TFU and RTL were associated with DFS. (A) Patients with a lower TFU were associated with short DFS. (B) Lower RTL patients had statistically significantly poorer DFS. (C) After excluded Dukes D stage patients, lower TFU was associated with short DFS, although the difference was not significant. (D) Lower RTL was not associated with DFS when Dukes D stage patients were taken off. TFU, telomere fluorescent intensity units; RTL, relative telomere length; DFS, disease-free survival.
