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New research&nbsp;published in&nbsp;Proceedings for the Royal Society B&nbsp;suggests that taller people have an increased risk of cancer&nbsp;because they have more cells in the body&nbsp;that could mutate and lead to cancer.&nbsp;The risk of&nbsp;cancer increases by 10% for every&nbsp;4 inches&nbsp;a person is over&nbsp;the average height, defined as 5 feet, 4 inches&nbsp;for women and 5 feet, 9 inches for men.&nbsp;The researchers used data from previous large cohort studies including more 10,000 men and women to&nbsp;compare the overall risk of developing cancer of any type with increasing height.&nbsp;<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Study explains why tall individuals are more prone to cancer: <a href="https://t.co/Q0Y3h9iHYi">https://t.co/Q0Y3h9iHYi</a> via: <a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceDaily?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScienceDaily</a>
&mdash; CancerNetwork&reg; (@CancerNetwrk) <a href="https://twitter.com/CancerNetwrk/status/1057021760481251328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2018</a>
</blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>They found that there was&nbsp;a 13% increased risk for women for every additional 10&nbsp;cm in height compared with 12% from observations, and an 11% predicted increase in men for every 10&nbsp;cm taller compared with 9% seen in real life.&nbsp;&nbsp;<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Tall people at greater risk of cancer 'because they have more cells' <a href="https://t.co/mKOiHRC2VC">https://t.co/mKOiHRC2VC</a> <a href="https://t.co/GrEeIu3q7A">pic.twitter.com/GrEeIu3q7A</a>
&mdash; Dr. Stefan Gruenwald (@sgruenwald) <a href="https://twitter.com/sgruenwald/status/1056734462854287361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2018</a>
</blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>This risk was associated with&nbsp;18 of 23 cancers considered; the correlation was highest with kidney cancer, colon cancer, and lymphoma.&nbsp;For women, the greatest increase in risk was for cancers of the thyroid, skin, lymphoma, colon, ovary, breast,&nbsp;and womb.&nbsp;For men, it was for cancers of the thyroid, skin, lymphoma, colon, kidney, biliary tract,&nbsp;and central nervous system.&nbsp;A taller stature&nbsp;did not increase the risk of&nbsp;oesophageal, stomach, mouth,&nbsp;or cervical cancer in women,&nbsp;and&nbsp;did not increase stomach cancer risk&nbsp;in men.&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/cnnhealth/status/1056515943906623488">https://twitter.com/cnnhealth/status/1056515943906623488</a><a href="https://proddocwire.wpengine.com/docwire-pick/new-gene-editing-method-for-cancer/">Read about a new gene editing method for cancer.</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://proddocwire.wpengine.com/hematology-oncology/circulating-tumor-cell-count-a-predictor-of-outcomes-in-women-with-early-breast-cancer/">Circulating tumor cell count is a predictor of outcomes in women with early breast cancer.</a>&nbsp;Sources:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/24/health/height-cancer-risk-study-intl/index.html">CNN</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/285/1889/20181743">Proceedings for the Royal Society B</a>

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