Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Why are tall people more likely to get cancer? What we know, don’t know and suspect

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Susan Jordan, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, The University of Queensland
Karen Tuesley, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland

People who are taller are at greater risk of developing cancer. The World Cancer Research Fund reports there is strong evidence taller people have a higher chance of of developing cancer of the:

pancreas
large bowel
uterus (endometrium)
ovary
prostate
kidney
skin (melanoma) and