Why are tall people more likely to get cancer? What we know, don’t know and suspect
- Written by Susan Jordan, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, The University of Queensland
Pexels/Andrea PiacquadioPeople who are taller are at greater risk of developing cancer. The World Cancer Research Fund reports there is strong evidence taller people have a higher chance of of developing cancer of the:
- pancreas
- large bowel
- uterus (endometrium)
- ovary
- prostate
- kidney
- skin (melanoma) and
- breast (pre- and post-menopausal).
But why?...
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