Rate of individuals with clearly increased radiosensitivity rise with age both in healthy individuals and in cancer patients.
Barbara SchusterAnna EllmannTheresa MayoJudith AuerMatthias HaasMarkus HechtRainer FietkauLuitpold Valentin DistelPublished in: BMC geriatrics (2018)
Individual radiosensitivity rises continuously with age, yet with strong interindividual variation. No age related increase of radiosensitivity can be demonstrated in patients due to the strong interindividual variation. However among old cancer patients there is a higher probability to have patients with clearly increased radiosensitivity than at younger age.