Breast cancer treatment might be speeding up the aging clock. And radiation therapy may be the potential culprit, according to a new study from researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Understanding this connection is vital as it sheds light on potential implications for patients’ long-term health and treatment decisions. 
How Cancer Therapies May Speed Up Biological Aging
Chronological age is your time alive, while biological age is your cell’s. Cellular damage over time, influenced by lifestyle, nutrition, diseases, and treatments, accelerates biological aging.
Researchers analyzed blood samples from 417 women, collected twice, about eight years apart, to measure biological age. Roughly 50 percent developed breast cancer during that period….