Tall people are at a greater risk of cancer because they have more cells in their body, new research has suggested. A person’s risk of developing cancer increases by 10% for every 10 centimeters ...

A study discoveredthat for 15 out of the 17 cancers they examined, taller people had a higher likelihood of developing them..

If about 45 in every 10,000 women of average height (about 165 centimetres) develop cancer each year, then about 52 in each 10,000 women who are 175 centimetres tall would get cancer. That's only ...

Being tall undoubtedly has its benefits, but with the good comes the bad. Each 10 centimetres of height over the average increases cancer risk by 10 per cent, and a new paper has added weight to this.

Take Robert Wadlow, the tallest person in recorded history, who stood 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall (272 cm). Excessive growth like this, sometimes called gigantism, ...

Tall people are at a greater risk of cancer because they have more cells in their body, new research has suggested. A person’s risk of developing cancer increases by 10% for every 10 centimeters ...