Why does cancer risk skyrocket as we age? – CRI

Cancer Research Institute (CRI) shared a post on LinkedIn:

“Why does cancer risk skyrocket as we age? Researchers, including former CRI Tech Impact Award recipient, and director of the Icahn Genomics Institute at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Dr. Brian Brown, suggest that the answer could lie within the complex relationship between inflammation and cancer.

Inflammaging, a ‘mash of inflammation and aging,’ describes Dr. Brown, is ‘a newly appreciated factor in the aging process and one that contributes to the higher likelihood of developing cancer in older people.’ ‘There’s an urgency to understand why we become hyper-inflamed as we age, and how we can safely reduce this inflammaging without causing immune suppression,’ he says. ‘We’re getting closer to solving this and it’s going to help us live healthier lives.’ More here.”

Source: CRI/LinkedIn