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accelerated ageing
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Strategies Needed to Prioritise Screening in Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Survivors of childhood cancer experience accelerated onset of ageing-related diseases, regardless of prior radiation exposure. The simulation modelling study, published in JAMA Oncology, online March 20, found that chronic health conditions developed 10 to 20 years earlier than expected and…
Slowing ‘accelerated ageing’ may offer new avenue for cancer prevention
Accelerated ageing is more common in recent birth cohorts and associated with increased incidence of early-onset solid tumours. The study, abstract 846, presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, held April 5–10, in San Diego, found…