Tall Women Face Higher Cancer Risk – Study

[Shola Sholaz]

Taller women may face a higher risk of many cancers than their shorter counterparts, according to a US study released Thursday.
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Researchers looked at a sample of nearly 145,000 postmenopausal women aged 50 to 79 for the analysis published in the US journal Cancer Epidemiology.
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They found that each additional 10 centimeters (four inches) of height was linked to a 13 percent higher risk of getting cancer.
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"Ultimately, cancer is a result of processes having to do with growth, so it makes sense that hormones or other growth factors that influence height may also influence cancer risk," said lead author Geoffrey Kabat, senior epidemiologist at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York.