Abstract
Mortality rates from all causes and from cardiovascular diseases rise exponentially with age. Cancer, on the other hand, first rises rapidly in middle life then plateaus, accounting for less than 12 percent of all deaths among persons over age 80. This pattern does not support a direct relationship between cancer and aging, or a simple association between cancer and cumulative exogenous or endogenous factors. Cancer deaths can be expected to represent an ever decreasing proportion of total mortality although a slight rise in absolute numbers should persist.
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Brody, J.A., Everett, D.F. (1985). Deceleration of Cancer Mortality Rates with Age and Time. In: Pullman, B., Ts’o, P.O.P., Schneider, E.L. (eds) Interrelationship Among Aging, Cancer and Differentiation. The Jerusalem Symposia on Quantum Chemistry and Biochemistry, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5466-3_2
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