Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Cancer Risk Factors and Aging

Dmitriy I Podolskiy; Vadim N Gladyshev

doi:10.1016/j.molmed.2016.08.001

Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Cancer Risk Factors and Aging

Trends Mol Med. 2016 Oct;22(10):833-834. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2016.08.001. Epub 2016 Aug 17.

Authors

Dmitriy I Podolskiy¹, Vadim N Gladyshev²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
² Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: vgladyshev@rics.bwh.harvard.edu.

Abstract

Two recent stimulating publications have examined the causes of cancer, comparing 'bad luck' versus environment as main risk factors for cancer incidence. However, bringing aging into the picture might question the entire debate.

MeSH terms

Aging*
Environmental Exposure / adverse effects*
Humans
Mutation
Neoplasms / etiology*
Neoplasms / genetics*
Risk Factors
Stem Cells / metabolism

Abstract

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