Tall and thin girls are more susceptible to breast cancer

Foreign research results show that girls who grow rapidly during puberty and are tall and thin are most likely to develop breast cancer.

Related to rapid growth during childhood

Researchers at the Copenhagen Epidemiology Research Center in Denmark surveyed more than 117,000 women and found that height is one of the risk factors for breast cancer. Girls who grow taller rapidly during childhood have the highest risk of developing the disease, while girls of the same age who are shorter and slightly fatter have a much lower risk of developing breast cancer in their adulthood until menopause. The research results were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The study found that growth rate between the ages of 8 and 14 has the greatest impact on breast cancer risk. Girls whose growth peak occurs between the ages of 13 and 14 are 16% less likely to develop breast cancer than girls whose growth peak occurs between the ages of 10 and 11. Girls whose height reaches its peak at the age of 14 have the highest risk of developing breast cancer as adults, while girls who are overweight during adolescence have a much lower risk of developing breast cancer as adults.

Researchers say that understanding the biological mechanisms behind these changes will be crucial to preventing breast cancer. Combining the results of this study with those of previous studies, it is not difficult to find that during adolescence, the breast may be one of the most vulnerable parts to carcinogens.