title: Unraveling the links between cancer and aging.
abstract: Aging is, by far, the most important risk factor for cancer; however, only very recently the mechanistic links between these two processes are beginning to emerge. To approach the connection between aging and cancer, it is helpful to re-phrase the link as follows: the best protection against cancer is to be young. Therefore, longevity genes and longevity interventions should be cancer protecting.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Oncology Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), 3 Melchor Fernandez Almagro Street, Madrid 28029, Spain mserrano@cnio.es.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Serrano
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity / Q000235:genetics*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*