Do Young Hosts Develop More Aggressive Cancers than Old Hosts?

Data from Humans

Age at Diagnosis Influences the Biological Aggressiveness of Stomach Cancers in Humans (Inoshita et al, Jpn J Cancer Res 1998, 89: 1087)

Data from Pet Dogs

Age at Diagnosis Influences Risk for Skeletal Metastases in Dogs with Spontaneous Prostate Carcinoma (Waters et al, The Gerontologist 1998, 38:110)

Data from Rodents

Diminished Angiogenic Capacity in Older Hosts May Explain the Young Host - Aggressive Tumor Phenomenon (Pili et al, J Natl Cancer Inst 1994, 86:1303)

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