Thomas F. auteur aut IRD Vavre F. auteur aut IRD Tissot T. auteur aut IRD Vittecoq M. auteur aut IRD Giraudeau M. auteur aut IRD Bernex F. auteur aut IRD Missé Dorothée auteur aut IRD Renaud F. auteur aut IRD Raven N. auteur aut IRD Beckmann C. auteur aut IRD Hamede R. auteur aut IRD Biro P. A. auteur aut IRD Ujvari B. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access Age is one of the strongest predictors of cancer and risk of death from cancer. Cancer is therefore generally viewed as a senescence-related malady. However, cancer also exists at subclinical levels in humans and other animals, but its earlier effects on the body are poorly known by comparison. We argue here that cancer is a significant but ignored burden on the body and is likely to be a strong selective force from early during the lifetime of an organism. It is time to adopt this novel view of malignant pathologies to improve our understanding of the ways in which oncogenic phenomena influence the ecology and evolution of animals long before their negative impacts become evident and fatal. specialized 050 020 4 3 169-172 2018 2405-8025 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010073213 10.1016/j.trecan.2018.01.002 2405-8025 [F B010073213] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010073213 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2018/07/010073213.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2018-09-03 2023-07-11 fdi:010073213 fre