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What causes cancer to age a person so much so quickly?

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Cancer aging: Different factors: chemo-radio therapy could be taxing on you, surgery complications (if any), how advanced is the cancer (late stage- terminal phase wastes the patient the most), type of cancer (colon is a slow cancer, lung-pancreas are fast acting cancer), emotional strenght and support, age of the patient and general health.

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Answered 6/10/2013

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