A new study examines the effects of cancer and its treatment on the ageing process. Investigators found that expression of a gene associated with ageing is higher in young patients with cancer after treatment with chemotherapy and in young cancer survivors who are frail. The findings are published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society (ACS).

Many contemporary discussions on our collective human fight against cancer center on the significance of genetics as related to the onset of this hydra-headed disease.