At a crossroads of cancer risk and aging: the role of telomeres

• Published in: Experimental Oncology
• Date: 2010
• Main Author: Gerashchenko, B.I.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут експериментальної патології, онкології і радіобіології ім. Р.Є. Кавецького НАН України 2010
• Subjects: Reviews
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/32299
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: At a crossroads of cancer risk and aging: the role of telomeres / B.I. Gerashchenko // Experimental Oncology. — 2010. — Т. 32, № 4. — С. 224–227. — Біліогр.: 42 назв. — англ.

The risk of overall cancer inevitably increases with advancing age. The cancer incidence rate is not constant within the human life span (it exponentially increases with advancing age). Aging itself is a complex biological process with a poorly understood mechanism of its regulation. The aging proce...