Population study in Italy suggests that though old age increase rate of #Alzheimer and #Cancer it is very rare that a given person has both cancer as well alzheimer.
I can somehow understand how cancer kills before alzheimer sets in but it's striking that old people with alzheimer seem to be "cancer free".
Anyone any biological take on this?
#science #paper #populationstudy
Inverse occurrence of cancer and Alzheimer disease
Abstract Objective: To evaluate the incidence of cancer in persons with Alzheimer disease (AD) and the incidence of AD dementia in persons with cancer. Methods: This was a cohort study in Northern Italy on more than 1 million residents. Cancer incidence was derived from the local health authority (ASL-Mi1) tumor registry and AD dementia incidence from registries of drug prescriptions, hospitalizations, and payment exemptions. Expected cases o…
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I don't know, however my own family contradicts this article. My mother and grandmother both had breast cancer, and my grandmother developed Alzheimer's, and my mother is showing signs.
An interesting case study, but there's a possibility that diet is playing into this as well.