Study: Cancer Risk Higher If Your Biological Age Older Than Chrnological Age
- 8 years ago
According to a new Northwestern Medicine study, when a person's epigenetic or biological age is older than his or her chronological age, the risk of getting and dying of cancer is greater.
Scientists have discovered another predictor for a person’s risk of developing and dying from cancer.
According to a new Northwestern Medicine study, when a person's epigenetic or biological age is older than his or her chronological age, the risk of getting and dying of cancer is greater.
Epigenetic ages are calculated by assessing 71 DNA markers which can be affected by lifestyle and environmental factors.
For the research, the team collected 834 blood samples from 442 cancer-free participants between 1999 and 2013.
They
Scientists have discovered another predictor for a person’s risk of developing and dying from cancer.
According to a new Northwestern Medicine study, when a person's epigenetic or biological age is older than his or her chronological age, the risk of getting and dying of cancer is greater.
Epigenetic ages are calculated by assessing 71 DNA markers which can be affected by lifestyle and environmental factors.
For the research, the team collected 834 blood samples from 442 cancer-free participants between 1999 and 2013.
They