This contrasts with patterns observed when considering only cancers that significantly contributed to mortality, cases that indicate a breakdown of anticancer defences and in which a negative trend is observed.
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Towards a more robust comparative oncology: a Bayesian reanalysis of Peto's paradox and discussion of comparative cancer risk studies in vertebrates.
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This finding contrasts with the absence of a significant trend reported in Vincze’s original publication.
When malignancy prevalence was modelled as a function of both body mass and maximum longevity, body mass had a marginally significant effect in Compton’s mammal dataset and a significant effect in amphibians, while longevity was significant for non-avian sauropsids.