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Cancer risk declines in old age: New research helps explain why

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Study: As people get older, they're more likely to get cancer.

Study: Age is considered the most important risk factor for cancer.

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center studied a mouse model of lung cancer.

They found that aging cells actually have more iron, but for reasons we don't yet fully understand, they function like they don't.

More information: Xueqian Zhuang et al, Ageing limits stemness and tumorigenesis by reprogramming iron homeostasis, Nature ( 2024 ). DOI: 10.1038 /s41586-024-08285-0 Provided by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterThis story was originally published on Medical Xpress . Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates..

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