Accelerated aging may be a cause of increased cancers in people under 55

Hill April 16, 2024
Joseph Choi

An increase in cancers among people 55 years old and younger may be related to accelerated aging in recent generations, according to a study presented at a conference earlier this month.

Experts say years of research support this, though more questions remain to be answered.

Researchers from the Washington University in St. Louis’s medical school presented the findings from their study on accelerated aging earlier this month at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.

Ruiyi Tian, one of the authors of the study, and the other researchers hypothesized that an increase in biological age indicating accelerated aging may be behind the development of early-onset cancers seen in people under the age of 55.

“Accumulating evidence...

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