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July 21st, 2011
12:47 PM ET
Study: Tall women more likely to develop cancerThe taller a woman is, the greater her risk of developing one of 10 different cancers, according to a new study published in the journal Lancet. Researchers followed 1.3 million middle-aged women in the United Kingdom for several years, and found the risk of cancer increased by about 16% for every 4 inches or 10 centimeters of increased height. But the question remains, why? According to Jane Green, a clinical epidemiologist at Oxford University and the lead author of the study, the tallest group – women 5 feet 9 or taller – were 37% more likely to develop cancer than the shortest group – women 5 feet and shorter- regardless of factors such as age, socioeconomic status, body-mass index and amount of physical activity. There were 97,376 incidents of cancers reported among the women, and height related increases were greatest for the following: colon, malignant melanoma, breast, endometrial, kidney, central nervous system, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and leukemia. The study did not investigate what specifically about height led to the increased risk, but the research add to other studies that have found a link between cancer and height. The study authors aren't sure what exactly increases the cancer risk, but they believe there are several theories that warrant more investigation. For one, the authors propose that “taller people have more cells, and thus a greater opportunity for mutations leading to malignant transformation.” Another possible culprit: Hormone levels resulting from insulin-like growth factors both in childhood and in adult life. “Growth hormones increase cell growth and rate of division, and inhibit cell death,” Green explained in an email. “Both of these might be relevant to cancer either directly or perhaps just by increasing the number of cell divisions during which mutations can occur in the cell DNA.” A study published earlier this year by researchers in Ecuador found that a condition that stunts the growth of extremely short Ecuadorians, simultaneously reduced the risk of cancer and diabetes in that population. The patients in that study all exhibited a specific mutation in their growth hormone receptor gene. According to experts with the American Cancer Society, tall people should not be alarmed because of these findings. "The underlying biological reason for the slightly higher risk among taller people is not known,” explains Eric Jacobs, strategic director of pharmacoepidemiology. “Nobody will be trying to make themselves shorter to lower their cancer risk, and the current results do not mean tall people need additional cancer screening," Jacobs explains. In fact the study found that smoking was a much stronger risk factor. In current smokers, smoking-related cancers were not as strongly related to height, which Jacobs says highlights the overwhelming importance of the role smoking plays in cancer risk. "The bottom line is that both short and tall people can lower their risk of developing and dying from cancer by not smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, and getting the recommended cancer screening tests," he says. The authors also note more research is needed as certain populations continue to grow taller. The average height of people in Europe has increased by about 1 cm (or .39 inch) per decade throughout the 20th century, the study authors say. According to the Centers for Disease Control, between 1960 and 2002, the average height of an adult man in the U.S.increased from just over 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 9 and ½ inches, while the average height of a woman increased from just over 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 4. “The increase in adult height during the past century could thus have resulted in an increase in cancer incidence some 10–15% above that expected,” the authors report.
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Quite simply the most idiotic article I have read today. Utterly, and completely idiotic.
Oh so you don't think its useful to figure out the causes of cancer? They studied over 90,000 cancer cases, and found a link that might help us know more.
How can you think that's not important? Lol
I agree. Even the article states that people can't make themselves shorter and they don't know why there is a correlation between being tall and cancer, so what good is this research? They even go on to say that smoking is more of a risk. How many more studies need to be done to prove the risks of smoking?
Judging by your response you're neither a woman nor tall. As a woman of more than average height this article is fascinating to me. Guess what? The world doesn't revolve around you...yet you found it necessary to complain about it here.
The research regarding the Ecuadorans is interesting as well. Since height has been trending upwards since the beginning of the 20th Century, one wonders whether the increase in cancer diagnoses correlates...is there a connection? should we have remained undernourished and short? had we done so would we have less cancer?
Your response is what is idiotic.
Congratulations on the dumbest comment I have read all week. I guess some people have zero natural curiosity.
@ SImpleButTrue. Well, that assumes that the only reason to report on something is whether or not one has the power to change it. In fact, there are numerous other reasons to do so.
Like height, we cannot change our genetic makeup. But many lives have been saved or prolonged because those people with genetic risk factors for cancer were known to be at risk and their screening regimen altered to detect cancer earlier. For example, the management of patients with BRCA and familial colonic polyposis is different from the management of people without these genetic risk factors.
Right now, there is no change is screening recommended for the taller woman, but that may change if further research indicates that specific genetic markers make a taller woman more at risk. This study does not change anything...yet. But further investigation along these lines could improve life for many. The next question is "why are these women at increased risk?" Only further investigation will lead to those answers.
Its a total stupid article. I do think its important to understand the causes of cancer. But nothing in this study suggests to me that height is anything more than a correlation.
It is idiotic as they study so many variables in such small groups what purpose does this serve except to create worry about something one cannot change. It's not as if insurance companies are going to start covering mammograms et al for tall 35 year-olds. As for more cells I fail to see how at 6' and 130 lbs I have more cells than a woman 5'4" and 180 lbs...I see nothing on bmi here, cancer rates rise with age and, as for melanoma the tallest in any study, excluding US born black women, are going to be white women (an established risk factor)
All I see in this is needless cause for worry over a trait one cannot change...
Chartreux, you are incredibly stupid. This information is 100% USELESS because cannot change how tall or short they are. You idiots make me laugh. You worship some of these scientists as if they can do NO WRONG and that there is no such thing as skewing data or studies to fit their preconceived ideas. I know how these studies work because I work in a facility that does them. Its a complete waste of time and they are simply used as a way to use money laying around that should be used for purposeful ventures.
You sheep are all the same. Tell me what you can possibly take away from this?
D, you are just another person that cannot think for themselves and has zero grasp on what cancer is all about. Drop dead.
Yeah, but Im sure glad for once to be short! Though I can never get the cups from the top shelf! 🙂
1. Ladder
2. Stepstool
3. Ask a taller friend to help
Nora, don't use the top shelf for cups, use it for other things you rarely use....and if you smoke, it's time to quit.
I know tall women and I can not think of a one of them that has or has had cancer. I know of short women that have had cancer.
You have proven the statistics wrong (!)
My ex-girlfriend was 5'9 and had two different kinds of cancer. So that negates your experience.
Jessicaber, refer to the post by Um, two or three pets above.
Your personal experience is immaterial.
I'm female, 5'9" and I've survived THREE different types of cancer: two different forms of skin cancer as well as ovarian cancer.
So there.
As a woman who is almost 5'10 thanks to my father who is 6'7 I find this study ridiculous. I am of Scandinavian background and a lot of us are tall because of genetics. I don't think the Nordic countries are over run with cancer because they are tall. Silly stuff.
@blondegeisha-again with the lack of curiosity. Perhaps within a given population, the taller folks get more cancer than the shorter ones. You are so quick to dismiss.
I'm 5'9" and got malignant melanoma at 32. Not a sun worshiper – can't remember even having a bad sun burn. Looks like maybe there could be something to this...
They took 90,000 cases. But as to size: blood circulation, nerve pathways, lymph circulation, are all affected by the size of a person. Very tall people can have heart and back problems; we understand that. Why not the same kinds of circulatory problems affecting the immune system's ability to reach all parts of the body?
Another thing: in dogs, the larger breeds live much shorter than the smaller breeds. This may not hold true for all kinds of creatures, but it may be true in humans. There will be plenty of exceptions, but overall, taking thousands of statistics, it may be true.
It just shows how moronic you are because you do not even understand how CANCER WORKS. It has NOTHING to do with height, weight, or gender. You are a complete idiot. Too bad the cancer didn't take you out.
For goodness sakes people, science is on a never ending quest to cure cancer. There are many facets to this and quite possibly, according to this article, height might be a factor. There was no mention that short women will not get breast cancer or that only tall women get breast cancer, because obviously we, and the scientists, know that is not the case. To hear someone say, I'm tall and I don't have cancer is a little bit embarrassing, and beside the point.
Hellooooo, Taller. There is more body to get cancer cells.
Well, maybe there are just taller cells in taller people.
Ever think about that ??
I think it is because taller people are closer to the Sun! Maybe I can get a couple of million dollars to test that theory! LOL!!
That was the first explanation mentioned in the article, if you had read it. For some reason, that seems to make intuitive sense for melanoma, because you have more cells being exposed to the sun.
They call epidemiological studies "Fishing Expeditions" for a reason.....
I think it is fascinating that they may find variations in growth factor receptors to be partially responsible for cancer risk.
Did anybody consider that maybe there's more cancer in taller women because there's more body mass and bone? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out!
Try reading the articles before you comment on them.
there is WAY more to this study than height. i bet anything, it has more to do with lifestyle, which country people are from and so on and so on. studies like this make people more dumb after reading them. do yourself a favor and don't get your info from the internet, it's made to scare you to buy more junk. notice the ADS all over this? hmm...
Lol why say anything? That's the way all statistics are. They might be right, but we'll have to figure it out.
You have to be the most stupid. The study was done in ONE COUNTRY. Of COURSE there is more to it than height; the fact they found any correlation with height at all is what is interesting.
100% spot on. This is why Americans lag in intelligence academia. Look at the little empty headed sheep who just gobble this up and yet it serves them in no way whatsoever. God, Americans are dumb.
I am a 6 foot tall woman and I do not know one tall woman who has had cancer. I know a lot of women who are short who have had cancer and who have died from it.
This is the most idiotic article I've come across in a long time as well as irresponsible.
"women 5 feet 9 or taller – were 37% more likely to develop cancer than the shortest group – women 5 feet and shorter-" So what about women between 5'1" – 5'8" ?
This article is complete rubbish.
How old are you? While cancer can occur at any age to anyone, they do typically take years to develop. The older you are, and the longer you have been exposed to toxins, mutagens etc, the more likely you are to develop cancer. A smoker does not get cancer from smoking for one day, one month or even one year. It takes years before a cancer shows up. Similarly a taller person's genetic disadvantage when it comes to cancer may also take years to show up (if this research is proven true in future studies). You also only personally know very few people compared to the world's population. So what you see around you does not have any statistical relevance.
it doesn't take "years". and are you doctor to make this assumption about medical science?
It sure does, and this is a matter of fact. I am sorry you are upset about the study because it is not to your advantage. I will also restate a portion of my previous comment with emphasis as you have missed the point. While cancer can occur at ANY AGE to ANYONE, they do TYPICALLY take YEARS to develop.
I'm nearly 5'11", and at 43 was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. I am slim, and have NO other known risk factors (well, I later found out that staying up late {low melatonin} was a risk factor, but that's still not an official one). I've heard that being tall was a risk factor for breast cancer, but only post-menopausal (I was pre-menopausal). To say just because you, personally, don't know of anyone tall with cancer and so the article is false is unbelievably...well, I won't say what I want, because I don't believe in name calling, but it's certainly ignoring facts from research over (very limited) personal experience. There are all sorts of risk factors for all sorts of diseases out there, and probably for most diseases, we don't even understand what all goes into who gets what. Certainly I believe we have no idea what all causes cancer. Also, when they say "breast cancer"...there are at least three different types of breast cancer, so which type? All? Or endocrine only? So, you see, Not Buying It, there are a lot of factors in the situation already. Some known, and researchers are trying to figure out more. It's complex. Clearly you don't have a scientific background, and maybe you don't believe anything outside your own experiences anyway, but I'm proof that yes, tall, even relatively young and tall, women DO indeed get breast cancer. Despite what's true in your circle of acquaintances. Maybe there are even OTHER factors you also won't believe contribute!
Hello, had my first cancer when I was 37, ovarian cancer when I was 49 and I'm 5'9" and survived three different diagnoses of cancer.
Three different cancers.
Don’t buy it… don’t get exams, smoke three packs a day, and show those stupid doctors who is really smart when find out you have cancer at stage 4. That will show’em.
i don't think dumb is correlated with height, but you sure tip the scale in that direction. Obviously if the study correlates a higher incidence in tall women (5'9 or taller) vs short women (5 feet and under) is 37%, one can assume that the taller you are, the geater the chance of cancer. If the study only measured women 5'5 and 5'6, you wouldn't be able to determine any differences! The article also averages it for you....about 16% increase for every 4 inches.
Please learn the difference between anecdotal (small numbers of people) reports and epidemiological statistics (large numbers of people in a population). You DON'T know very much.
there are so many factors that contribute to illness. some people treat their bodies like trash and never seem to get sick. it's about luck, genetics, lifestyle and just plain luck. there is no magic pill or potion that will keep you young. just common sense and the rest is up to god.
The studies are being done to obtain knowledge that will help in the development of treatments in the future.
This is perfectly logical, just as a large parking lot is more likely than a small parking lot to contain a beige 2009 Honda Accord.
innocent until proven guilty refering to taller people developing cancer there could be other reasons not known or discovered for instance rationalize GENERATIONAL GENECTICS BY CULTURE and see what statistics you come up with
Maybe it is because they have more cells? Adjusting for BMI does nothing to control this variable as BMI is based on height.
I thought it was big feet.
*knocking head against keyboard* what a stupid, stupid article. Where has common sense gone?
People that bang their heads against the computer are more likely to have frontal lobe damage.
Now where's my grant?
Honey you need to get an education.
as a cancer survivor these are the articles that I stood away from, jibberish jibberish jibberish
Short people got no reason
Short people got no reason
Short people got no reason
To live
They got little hands
Little eyes
They walk around
Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little feet
Well, I don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
`Round here
Short people are just the same
As you and I
(A fool such as I)
All men are brothers
Until the day they die
(It's a wonderful world)
Short people got nobody
Short people got nobody
Short people got nobody
To love
They got little baby legs
That stand so low
You got to pick em up
Just to say hello
They got little cars
That go beep, beep, beep
They got little voices
Goin' peep, peep, peep
They got grubby little fingers
And dirty little minds
They're gonna get you every time
Well, I don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
'Round here
Now pay the ASCAP licensing fee.
LOL.
That is a very unfounded fact. In speaking for my self and family. We are all tall 6 feet plus and have never had a dx of cancer in the family. Scientists should use research money on something more important than height studies.
Perhaps you should consider how lucky you all are, Erin. I've survived three different forms of cancer, one of which has a 75% fatality rate.
Rather than damning the study, maybe you should be grateful you haven't had to suffer through the illness, surgery, chemotherapy others have suffered. You're lucky to have all your people with you still. My sister died from cancer when I was only 7. I've lived an entire lifetime without her but I still miss her every single day of my life. Every. Single. Day.
Do you have a sister, Erin, whom you love and are close to and share you life with every day? Do you have a brother you love dearly and would miss if he were suddenly taken from you? What about your father? Are you close to him? What if he weren't there? What about your mother?
Some people are unaware of what they have because they don't know how easily it could all be taken away from them. Maybe you are one of those people, Erin. Spend a few minutes thinking about what it will be like when you lose one of your beloved relatives. One day it will happen to you, too.
One day this study might apply to you. You might be grateful for it then. Until that day be aware that the world doesn't revolve solely around you and yours, and that maybe, just maybe, you're one of the lucky ones. For now.
HAHA. Chartreux, you need help and you need to learn some critical thinking. A STUDY does not apply to someone. It can be skewed any which way. You read one stupid article and you suddenly believe it? I pity you.
The logic of this article (or lack thereof) is gnawing away at my nerves. Don't you think there's some kind of confounding variable of which they haven't thought? That's a rhetorical question, because *of course there is* !!!
Towns that have professional baseball teams also have a lower divorce rate. The more ice cream that is eaten, the more the murder rate rises... clearly there is some sort of correlation, but probably NOT caused by what these studies are implying!
Tall people are probably not from certain places of the world (like Asia) that have lower cancer rates - not because they're shorter, but because they eat better (note that I am not saying MORE, just BETTER) than we do! Tall people are probably likely tall because they have "tall genes," but also because they have eaten more during development than the shorter people in other countries where people generally just eat enough to survive. Taller people generally live in more developed countries, and people in more developed countries are more likely to eat processed junk. The processed junk can *surely* be correlated with cancer - the tallness is merely a byproduct! Shorter people eat less, but eat better at the same time. Tall people eat more, but the food is not necessarily as good of a quality.
Clearly, this is all "on the whole." Individual cases do not matter, statistically speaking. Saying that you know a bunch of tall people who have never gotten cancer while all of your short friends are dying left and right is also missing the scientific point.
I kind of really hate it when journalists get the science all wrong in their articles. It also scares me that the journalist wrote that the scientists are perplexed as to how tallness could possibly connect with cancer.
quote from you: "It also scares me that the journalist wrote that the scientists are perplexed as to how tallness could possibly connect with cancer."
quote from the article: "The study did not investigate what specifically about height led to the increased risk, but the research add to other studies that have found a link between cancer and height. The study authors aren't sure what exactly increases the cancer risk, but they believe there are several theories that warrant more investigation."
It didn't say the scientists were perplexed. It said they didn't know for sure. I'm sorry but, you're just wrong on this one.
What are you yammering on about? You know nothing-the study was conducted in ONE COUNTRY.
The study was conducted in one country, but the U.K. has a large immigrant population that eats Asian food, and is also short. But the one missing factor is that the taller population is much less likely to eat junk than Americans. Yes, it warrants more looking into, but you have to take into account what people really eat from a particular location. (And don't forget that many Asians now use pesticides that were banned years ago in the West; the risk for cancer may be associated with something else entirely.)
Duh, tall women are closer to the sun.
Seriously though, did they take into account that Asians have a much lower cancer rate compared to taller ethnicities? I bet that had an impact.
Why can't people read? It was done in ONE COUNTRY!
There are Asians in England...
(and most darker peoples are shorter. Hmm.)
There are lots of Asians in England.
Where are these people getting the funds to do such idiotic research?? I want to become their employee.
With a dumb comment like that they would never hire you. The scientific ignorance and lack of reading comprehension on this article is really appalling.
I agree. I cannot believe how many idiots believe this article. Wow. Good job cnn! They are testing people to see how much garbage they will gobble up without an ounce of critical thought. USER CHARTREAUX is one of them. She must have gotten off the short bus.
Dear CNN,
Just shut up.
Shut up shut up shut up.
Shut up shut up.
Shut up.
The fact still remains, there is still no cure for cancer. Doctors will always provide research until there is a cure. There will always be pros and cons on articles like this.
How do any of you "anti-reseachers ' out there KNOW height has nothing to do with getting cancer until it is researched? You say it's a waste of money but research is how everything is discovered and usually in unlikely sources. All naysayers just go back to putting your head in the sand.
Thank you.
What they are really saying is that they would rather spend money on wars than on research to save people's lives.
Cancer is most prevalent amongst the living.
People of Scandinavian decent tend to be both very tall and very fair skinned. I'd like to see them break melanoma out of the mix and see where the dust settles.
What is all of this Scandinavian BS-the study was conducted in the UNITED KINGDOM.
The article was indeed missing some important information, for those who do not know it.
1. There are plenty of Asians in England. 2. The Danes conquered England over a thousand years ago, and later the Normans, who were Vikings that had settled in France, and therefore, there is plenty of Viking genetics in England. That "ruddy" complexion is very prone to melanoma.
I am 5'10 and had heard that tall people were more likely to get cancer. However I know of two short people that have recently died of cancer. It's important to note that heart disease is still the leading killer-not cancer.
And in a marriage of a man and woman...if the woman is taller than the man, quite often the woman passes away before the man...I didn't believe it myself..until my wife passed away at age 53yrs....another mystery of life.
"there are more cells so the risk of mutation is greater"? hahahahahahahaha. are these people serious? height and cancer? give me a break. One of the most important things scientists need to keep in mind is that correlation does not equal causation.
Obesity is also a risk factor. More cells makes perfect sense.
Good to know that the zillions raised in the name of "cancer research" are being well spent, in providing such useful information as relayed in this article.
Clearly the most important aspect of this article is how un-interested people are in the science of life. The complain that this was even studied. That is sad. I am sure that these are the same people who don't believe in free birth control and are the same people who believe the rich pay too much in taxes. A little advice for those of you who hate that this study was done: GET AN EDUCATION.
Bob S-I am with you. They would rather the money be spent on corporate tax breaks so that more jobs can be shipped overseas. The scientific illiteracy and lack of natural curiosity is too appalling to actually be believed in the comments on this article.
Can you believe that many thought we would get out of a recession by waging war? The same people want to cut funding for research, etc. It hurts; my husband has cancer.
correlation does not imply causation so if there's a correlation between height andincreased cancer risk, it doesn't imply that cancer risk is caused by height. it's just showing a correlation. there is certainly another third variable involved.
Okay, math isn't my strong suit, but I'll attempt to do some here. The study involved 1,297,124 middle-aged women. Of those, 97,376 got cancer within 10 years. So, first of all, we're talking older women here. Then, they took those 97,376 and looked at height. Let's be generous and say half of those were tall. That leaves 48,688 tall people who got cancer out of nearly 1.3 million tested subjects. And what these alarmist articles fail to mention is, 1,199,748 of those studied DID'T get ANY cancer. Wonder how many of THEM were tall?
Yes, they break down their large group by heights, and then watch cancer rates in each group. No one is saying that more tall people got cancer than didn't. And I seriously doubt anyone is fear-mongering, trying to scare us if we're tall. All they are saying is, there appears to be a correlation between height and cancer rates in certain cancers, and so it bears more study, because although we can tell the correlation is there, we don't know why it is. And yes, correlation is not causation, but where there's smoke there's fire, even if the smoke's not coming from where you thought it was. It could be that there's some factor we don't yet know about that's also associated with height, which is causing the correlation. But if we don't investigate things like this, we never find out important information that could lead to prevention and cures!
I have no family history of any sort of cancer. I'm tall, but I don't think for a moment that this caused my cancer. Cancer is so complex, likely it has several factors that come together in just the right way. Tall may indeed be a part of it. I had no other known risk factors, and several things in my favor, but obviously there was something that added up to cancer. But then, 70% of the women who are diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history. I don't know how many of those have none of the known risk factors, but I do know that breast cancer, at least, is no longer strictly an "aging" disease. Doctors are seeing more and more cases in women in their 20s and 30s; even teens aren't immune, and the youngest female on record with breast cancer was a 4 year old in Canada, in 2010. So. If it's not due to the fact that we're living longer...and even people with no history of the disease are getting it...maybe research to find out WHY isn't such a bad idea, hmmm?
I wonder what the cancer rates are among the Dutch who are now the tallest people in the world?
The honesty of your psointg is there for all to see
In the past 100 years, we've not only grown taller, we've increased our life expectancy: Cancer is a disease of aging.
My grandmother, who was 4'11", died of colon cancer at the age of 80. My mom, all of 5', died of cancer at 64. My cousin, 5'7", died at 40. Cancer statistics are fascinating, but can't tell us what we want to know: "Will it happen to me?" My mom and my cousin were smokers. My grandmother lived with one. My cousin was obese.
Studies help us to piece together this hideous puzzle. We can't change our genetics, but we can change our lifestyle. And we can use what we learn to fight this disease, instead of each other.
Age 80 is aging. But not ages 64 and 40, which are under the life-expectancy of the 1940s. In spite of other risk factors, there may be a genetic link. My grandmother and aunt died at age 92 and 90 after smoking for over 60 years each; smoking is a risk factor, but not the only one.
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I think a lot of people complaining about the research done should really open their eyes. Too often we associate positive characteristics with taller people...especially men. Those characteristics can be completely unwarranted, but we do it because its hardwired into our brains. So now a study comes along that says height may not be what its all cracked up to be. God forbid research comes along that says there is a possible disadvantage to being tall. I guarantee that if it was a study about short people you would hear things like "so what, what good are short people anyways? No one wants short guys so who cares if they get cancer." Here is a question you can ask yourself that will actually support this study: when you think of really old people, do you imagine that person being a really tall man or woman? No, you think "little old lady" or a "short old man." You don't think tall old woman or really tall old man. Think about it.
This is seriously your argument? I give up on humanity.
I'm not a big fan of research that points out "flaws" in groups of people with unchangeable genetic traits...not sure how this benefits society, but it certainly can be used to discriminate against those groups.
How unimaginative and short-sighted can you be? The research may lead to a genetic marker for cancer that also is a marker for height. The research may lead to increased screening for people who are tall and more likely to have cancer.
Why do some of you people even bother to read these stories? You all seem to be pompous azzes who deem yourselves more knowledgeable than the researchers, yet what are you doing besides sitting on your butt and pounding a keyboard?
There is no genetic marker for cancer. It is 100% MAN MADE ILLNESS. It is due to exitoxtoxins and the excessive pollutants in our air, food, and water. You are seriously one stupid individual.
Because we have more cells? At 6' tall and 130 lbs I can't imagine how I could actually have more cells in my body than another woman 5'4" and 180 lbs...
Will it decrease my cancer risk if I slump a little?
The best answer is that from Sweden. Is that country plagued with cancer?
I also enjoyed the poem about short people.
It's too bad Michele Bachmann isn't taller.
A diet consisting of Pomegranates, Figs, Olives and Dates will help fight cancer, Insha'Allah.
WOOT! SHORT PEOPLE RULE!
Really? including 5ft or 5ft 9 inches heights as extremes? thats research money down the drain....lame
What about the concept that women of other ethnic backgrounds such as Indian, etc in the UK are shorter than their Anglo-Saxon counterparts? Maybe they just live a different, more cancer-preventive lifestyle..?
The article went as deep as the funding. The were not paid to find the real answer. That would have cost a lot more. Most of these studies pay someone to find a specific answer to a question. Don't find it then no pay.
OMG....that completely explains my wife's testicular cancer.
My favorite part was the theory that tall people have more cancer because they have more cells. Funny how this explanation doesn't seem to be offered to explain cancer rates among the obese.
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