title: Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Cancer Risk Factors and Aging.
abstract: Two recent stimulating publications have examined the causes of cancer, comparing 'bad luck' versus environment as main risk factors for cancer incidence. However, bringing aging into the picture might question the entire debate.
authors.affiliation: Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Dmitriy I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Podolskiy
authors.affiliation: Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: vgladyshev@rics.bwh.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Vadim N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Gladyshev
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism