BUFFALO, N.Y. -- All things being equal, large, long-lived animals should have the highest risk of cancer. The calculation is simple: Tumors grow when genetic mutations cause individual cells to reproduce too quickly. A long life creates more opportunities for those cancerous mutations to arise.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uab-hee020421.php
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uab-hee020421.php