Survivors of pediatric cancers are at higher risk of getting age-related conditions, like heart disease and secondary cancers, at younger-than-average ages. Whether their immune systems also age more rapidly — and how this may contribute to the early onset of age-associated conditions — is an open question. Read more: https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/center-news/2026/09/dhodapkar-immune-aging-survivorship-R01.html

As we age, some populations of immune cells change in abundance and these changes can be measured and used to infer one’s immunological...

Survivors of childhood cancers have worse rates of healthy aging with older age at diagnosis, according to results of a study presented...

Though almost all childhood cancer survivors experience some epigenetic age acceleration, the experience is not the same across the whole...

Childhood cancer survivors tended to have a higher rate of aging-related mutations in stem cells — a condition called clonal ...

Having cancer as a child or young adult can accelerate the ageing process by around 25 years, a study has found. Read more:...