India, Feb. 4 -- As we celebrate another year of World Cancer Day, it is essential to throw light on the lesser-known causes of cancer. According to Dr Shona Nag, senior medical oncologist and director oncology department, Sahyadri Super Speciality Hospital, Pune, aging can be a major cause of cancer. Also read | World cancer day: Busting myths to understand the disease

In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Shona Nag said, "Aging is a highly acknowledged risk factor due to the critical shifts as well as structural modifications to cellular as well as molecular mechanisms. In the elderly, these changes increase the chances of cancer and makes cancer management and prevention more difficult. The biological relationship between aging and ca...