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Relationship of cancer and aging

J Crawford¹, H J Cohen

¹Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

|August 1, 1987

Abstract:

The major risk factor for cancer is progressive age. Molecular advances in our understanding of carcinogenesis and the aging process are helping to clarify this relationship. The magnitude of cancer in the elderly warrants institution of an active prevention program by clinicians caring for this population.

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