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Surviving cancer as a child<\/a> or young adult may have a lasting impact on aging, new research suggests.<\/p>\n

Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center looked at whether life-saving treatments, like chemotherapy and radiation<\/a>, could speed up biological aging.<\/p>\n

They also aimed to determine whether this age acceleration was linked to cognitive issues related to memory, focus and learning.<\/p>\n

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The team analyzed blood samples from a group of 1,400 long-term survivors treated at St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital, using epigenetic clocks<\/a> \u2014 tools that estimate biological age by examining chemical tags on DNA.<\/p>\n

Biological age is determined based on damage the cells accumulate over time, versus chronological age, which is measured by how long someone has been alive, according to scientists.<\/p>\n

“These well-established aging-related biomarkers have previously been associated with neurocognitive impairment and decline in older non-cancer populations, particularly in cognitive domains related to aging and dementia, such as memory, attention and executive function,” the study stated.<\/p>\n

Most of the group consisted of acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors, or Hodgkin lymphoma survivors<\/a>. Participants were at least five years past their treatment, though some had survived for several decades.<\/p>\n

They underwent neurocognitive testing to measure their attention span, memory and information processing speed.<\/p>\n

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Chemotherapy was found to have the greatest impact on aging acceleration. The study suggests the treatment can alter DNA structure<\/a> and cause cellular damage.<\/p>\n

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“It’s no surprise to find out that young people with cancer who have chemo early in life are affected in terms of long-term aging,” Dr. Marc Siegel, senior medical analyst for Fox News, told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

Researchers also found that cellular aging was closely linked to cognitive performance, as survivors of a higher biological age had more difficulty with memory and attention.<\/p>\n

“Chemo poisons and damages cellular function \u2014 hopefully the cancer cells<\/a> more than normal cells, but there is a significant impact on normal cells as well,” said Siegel, who was not involved in the study.<\/p>\n

“There is also something called \u2018chemo brain,\u2019 which causes at least temporary difficulty with memory, concentration, word finding and brain fog,” the doctor added.<\/p>\n

The research team hopes to use these findings to focus on intervention efforts, specifically by determining when accelerated aging begins.<\/p>\n

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“Young cancer survivors have many more decades of life to live,” lead study author AnnaLynn Williams, PhD, said in a press release. “If these accelerated aging changes are occurring early on and setting them on a different trajectory, the goal is to intervene to not only increase their lifespan, but improve their quality of life<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

There were some limitations to the study. The researchers could not adjust for chronic health conditions<\/a> or education because they are directly impacted by treatment.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the study only looked at the survivors at a single point of time, so it could not directly prove causation.<\/p>\n

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The study was published in the journal Nature Communications.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to the researchers for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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