In order to cause leukemia, mutations need help from aging tissue

Why are older people at higher risk for developing cancer ? Prevailing opinion holds that, over time, your body's cells accumulate DNA damage and that eventually this damage catches up with the body in a way that causes cancer. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal Aging shows that this prevailing opinion is incomplete.

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