Accordingly, there is an increasing trend between age and cancer rate, reaching its peak at 75 to 85 years of age, after which a decrease takes place [ 55 - 60 ].
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While a need for further genetic events (second-hit) in the RET gene has also been suggested for cancer development, the role of other factors, such as environmental factors, stochastic events involving also epigenetic modifications, may be significant.