Common Molecular Mechanisms of Ageing and Cancer

Ričardas Stonys, Birutė Kazbarienė, Janina Didžiapetrienė Abstract According to statistical data, cancer incidence are increasing with age, for this reason, researchers have begun to look at what links these two processes. This article reviews molecular mechanisms, which are usually referred to in the literature reviews, that links cancer and ageing: genome instability, telomeres and shelterin,…