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:[http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/25/cancer-risk-increases-with-height/ Cancer risk increases with height], by Tara Parker-Pope, ''New York Times'' Well blog, 25 July 2013 | :[http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/25/cancer-risk-increases-with-height/ Cancer risk increases with height], by Tara Parker-Pope, ''New York Times'' Well blog, 25 July 2013. | ||
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Height was linked to cancers of the breast, colon, endometrium, kidney, ovary, rectum, and thyroid, as well as to multiple myeloma and melanoma, and these associations did not change even after adjusting for factors known to influence these cancers, in this study of 20,928 postmenopausal women, identified from a large cohort of 144,701 women recruited to the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI). | |||
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Revision as of 01:53, 15 October 2013
Cancer and height
Mike Olinick sent a link to the following:
- Cancer risk increases with height, by Tara Parker-Pope, New York Times Well blog, 25 July 2013.
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Height was linked to cancers of the breast, colon, endometrium, kidney, ovary, rectum, and thyroid, as well as to multiple myeloma and melanoma, and these associations did not change even after adjusting for factors known to influence these cancers, in this study of 20,928 postmenopausal women, identified from a large cohort of 144,701 women recruited to the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI).