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Study reveals link between major discrimination and frailty in African American cancer survivors

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Cancer and its treatment can accelerate the rate of aging because they both destabilize and damage biological systems in the body. Research published in Cancer, a journal of the American Cancer Society, found that African American cancer survivors who reported high levels of discrimination exhibited greater aging and frailty than those reporting lower levels of discrimination.

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