Jack Hollingsworth
most people would probably rather be tall than short. But there is a downside to the height: tall people are more likely to develop cancer. A study published online today in The Lancet Oncology believes that this relationship is in women with many types of cancer and across socioeconomic levels. The researchers studied the effect of 17 types of cancer, breast cancer, leukemia, 9 years among 1.3 million women participating in a long-term U.K. health study. The risk of cancer increased by 16% with every added 10 centimeters high. The risk was similar when data were combined with ten previous studies on cancer and height in men and women in Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. The adult size of the European population increased by 1 centimeter per decade since 100, and this could increase the incidence of cancer of 10% to 15%, say the researchers. Why be bigger makes them more vulnerable to cancer people are not known, however. One possibility is that the hormones that cause children to grow also stimulate the growth of cancer cells.
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