Guida Jennifer L, Hyun Geehong, Belsky Daniel W, Armstrong Gregory T, Ehrhardt Matthew J, Hudson Melissa M, Green Paige A, Robison Leslie L, Streck Brennan P, Tonorezos Emily S, Yasui Yutaka, Wilson Carmen L, Wang Zhaoming, Ness Kirsten K
Division of Cancer Control and Populations Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA.
Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Nat Cancer. 2024 May;5(5):731-741. doi: 10.1038/s43018-024-00745-w. Epub 2024 Mar 29.
Survivors of childhood cancer may experience accelerated biological aging, resulting in premature frailty and death. We used seven measures of biological age in the St. Jude Lifetime (SJLIFE) Cohort to compare biological age acceleration between the SJLIFE Cohort and the third United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey controls, explore trajectories of biological age according to cancer treatment and type, and test associations of biological age acceleration with frailty and death (mean follow-up of 26.5 years) among survivors. Survivors of cancer aged 5% faster per year and measured, on average, 0.6-6.44 years biologically older compared to controls and 5-16 years biologically older compared to age-matched individuals at the population level. Survivors treated with hematopoietic cell transplant and vinca alkaloid chemotherapy evidenced the fastest trajectories of biological aging. Biologically, older and faster-aging survivors consistently and robustly had a higher risk of frailty and died earlier than those with slower biological aging, suggesting a potential opportunity to intervene on excess aging.
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