Aging, tumor suppression and cancer: high wire-act!

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Summary

Recent data are described that support the idea that both senescence and apoptosis may indeed be the double-edged swords predicted by the evolutionary hypothesis of antagonistic pleiotropy-protecting organisms from cancer early in life but promoting aging phenotypes, including late life cancer, in older organisms.

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Published
2004-08-15
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Keywords

Multicellular organism, Senescence, Biology, Pleiotropy, Somatic cell

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