Key points from article :
Relationship between ageing and cancer may be more intimate and complex.
Genetic signature of ageing tissue is very different from that of cancerous tissue.
Ageing causes functions such as cell growth, division and renewal to slow down and stop.
In cancer there is uncontrolled cell division that leads to formation of tumors.
But as immune function reduces with ageing, it may allow cancer cells to avoid immune system.
Research by University of Liverpool in UK, published in Aging Cell.
