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CA Cancer J Clin 1979; 29:333-340
doi: 10.3322/canjclin.29.6.333
© 1979 American Cancer Society
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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 29, 333-340, Copyright © 1979 by American Cancer Society

Aging and Cancer Management Part II: Research Perspectives

Robert N. Butler M.D.1 and Barbara Gastel M.D., M.P.H.2

1 Director, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
2 Special Assistant, Office of the Director, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

An NIA Perspective

Aging and cancer appear to be closely linked, and research on many fronts has helped us to begin understanding their relationship. The National Institute on Aging (NIA), one of the eleven National Institutes of Health, is developing resources for, planning, funding and conducting additional research related to aging and cancer in a wide variety of disciplines— including immunology, cell biology, genetics, biochemistry, nutrition, pharmacology, endocrinology, and the behavioral and social sciences. Standardized cells and aged animals for research on aging, cancer, and other topics are available through the NIA; and the NIA strongly encourages that ages of animals be stated in research reports.

In collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, the Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program of the NIA hopes to expand our knowledge of the epidemiology of cancer in the aged, particularly as it relates to nutrition. Also, in September 1979 the NIA held a Consensus Development Conference on estrogen use and postmenopausal women, at which the risk of cancer was considered.

It is the Institute's hope that the association between cancer and aging may enable us to understand both of these phenomena and thus improve human health in old age and throughout life.






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