Malignant tumors at very old ages
Stanta, G.; Campagner, L.; Cavallieri, F.; Giarelli, L.
Rays 22(1 Suppl): 10-11
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0390-7740 PMID: 9250006 Document Number: 471652
Unselected autopsy findings of nonagerians reviewed by the authors in the last 20 years, confirm a decline in malignant tumors at very old ages. Two main factors are thought to be responsible for this evidence: a less aggressive biological behavior of cancer in the oldest old; the crucial role played by comorbidity as the cause of death.
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