ScienceShot: Tall People More Likely to Develop Cancer - ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Tall People More Likely to Develop Cancer - ScienceNOW

One idea is that hormones responsible for growth also stimulate growth of cancer cells. My own idea on this subject is that when there is more body mass you have the greater the risk of cancer. You can't develop cancer in parts of your body that aren't there. The sixteen percent increase in the chance of cancer for each additional 10 centimeters in height is probably close to the additional weight that the taller woman would have.