Hi comrades!
I found this page you might like to have a look:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/never-too-old-to-fight-cancer/
Some selection parts from this essay:
""The old idea that cancer is less aggressive in the elderly is not entirely without merit: breast and prostate cancers tend to grow more slowly in older patients. But other types—colon and bladder cancer and certain leukemias, for example—are usually more aggressive and harder to treat. This may in part be because of certain age-related genetic mutations.
An older body also provides a different internal environment for the growth of cancer cells than a younger body does. Whereas the drop in estrogen and other sex hormones that occurs with age can slow the development of some breast and prostate tumors, at least one other common endocrine change—rising levels of insulin—does the opposite, stimulating tumor growth.
My own father learned he had bladder cancer at 91 and made a very different choice. He underwent the full trifecta of treatment: surgery to pare down a tumor that had already penetrated the bladder wall, plus seven weeks of chemotherapy and 35 radiation treatments to destroy lingering cancer cells. There were times when he regretted it, complaining of weakness and torpor, but 20 months after completing the clinical gauntlet, he is alive and going relatively strong, considering he is 93. His sister made a similar decision when faced with lymphoma at 88; she, too, is a survivor—at 91.""
Post Edited (Farz53) : 6/15/2017 11:17:56 AM (GMT-6)