Women's Cancer Risk Increases with Height

Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 13:01 in Health & Medicine

Women who are taller are at a higher risk for a number of types of cancer, new research finds. The link may be due to the fact that the growth factors that result in taller heights also promote cancer, the researchers said.

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