CNN —Researchers looking for clues about why some types of cancer are on the rise in younger adults say they’ve found an interesting lead: a connection to accelerated biological aging.
What faster aging could tell us about cancer riskAfter adjusting the data for factors they thought might bias their results, the researchers found that accelerated aging was associated with increased risk for cancer.
“There are medications that also look like they can slow down accelerated aging,” said Blaes, who is testing two of them in cancer survivors.
Cancer survivors often show greater biological aging, perhaps because of the after effects of therapies like chemotherapy and radiation.
It’s not quite prime time, where we would go out and prescribe those medications for people, but this is really, really important work,” Blaes said.
Persons:
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Organizations:
CNN, Washington University School of Medicine, American Association of Cancer, University of Minnesota, Hematology, Oncology, UM, CNN Health, Cancer
Locations:
St, San Diego