Tall men at risk of early prostate cancer
August 3rd, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer risksUS and German researchers have found that tallness is associated with increased risk for younger onset aggressive prostate cancer. They came to this conclusion after analyzing data from a cancer screening study involving 34,268 men.
Although cancer risk was not greater in tall men, the risk of having more aggressive prostate cancer tended to be greater in tall men. Compared to men who were around 5 feet 7 inches — 170 cm or less -those who were taller than roughly 6 feet 3 inches — 190 cm or more - had a 39 percent higher risk for aggressive cancer.
However, this risk was largely confined to men younger than age 65 and the researchers also point out that “the number of cases was small and risk estimates were somewhat unstable.