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Aging, longevity, inflammation, and cancer.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Dec 2004
Caruso Calogero, Lio Domenico, Cavallone Luca, Franceschi Claudio
Abstract excerpt
Cancer rates increase sharply with age in both sexes, and the majority of cases of cancer occur in patients over the age of 65 years. However, the incidence and mortality for cancer level off around 85-90 years of age, followed by a plateau, or even a decline in the last decades of life. Therefore, it seems reasonable to conclude that centenarians are endowed with a peculiar resistance to cancer. Tumor...
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