The UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that some treatments like chemotherapy and radiation can speed up the biological aging process in breast cancer survivors. Most of us have,

Any form of breast cancer treatment appears to speed the aging of the recipient's cells, a new study finds. "For the first time, we're showing that the [aging] signals we once thought were driven by chemotherapy are also present in women undergoing radiation and surgery," said study lead author Judith Carroll .

Common treatments for breast cancer may speed up the ageing process, research suggests. Previous studies have found that chemotherapy increases markers of ageing, contributing to conditions such as fatigue,