The Aging Immune System and Its Relationship with Cancer
- 12 October 2011
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Aging Health
- Vol. 7 (5) , 707-718
- https://doi.org/10.2217/ahe.11.56
Abstract
The incidence of most common cancers increases with age. This occurs in association with, and is possibly caused by a decline in immune function, termed immune senescence. Although the size of the ...Keywords
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