Study explains why tall individuals are more prone to cancer

(University of California - Riverside) 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 Leonard Nunney, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Riverside, who examined data from four large-scale surveillance projects on 23 cancer categories.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news