Are You Tall? You're More Likely To Get Cancer

Are You Tall? You're More Likely To Get Cancer

Study explains why tall individuals are more prone to cancer. For most cancers, risk increases dramatically with age. But what about the effect of having more cells in the body? Might taller people be more prone to cancer because they have more cells? Yes, according to an evolutionary biologist who examined data from four large-scale surveillance projects on 23 cancer categories. Source 7p.