Malignant tumors at very old ages.
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.
Stanta
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Registro dei Tumori della Provincia di Trieste, Ospedale Maggiore, Italy.
Campagner
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Cavallieri
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Giarelli
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*