Reddit user explains aging vs cancer

Re:Reddit user explains aging vs cancer by jacques_chester on Saturday September 10, 2011 @11:11PM (#2983071)

Wouldn't dwarfs have less cancer simply because they have fewer cells that can become cancerous?

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Re:Reddit user explains aging vs cancer by pushingbits on Sunday September 11, 2011 @06:53AM (#2983601)

Those dwarfs seem to get even less cancer than you would expect given the reduced number of cells.

Also, on a related note, there's Peto's Paradox about why cancer rates are similar across species despite vastly different sizes (mice, humans, whales).

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/02/28/the-mere-e...

Paper behind paywall: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534711...

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