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Wouldn't dwarfs have less cancer simply because they have fewer cells that can become cancerous?


Those dwarfs seem to get even less cancer than you would expect given the reduced number of cells.

Also, on a related note, there's Peto's Paradox about why cancer rates are similar across species despite vastly different sizes (mice, humans, whales).

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/02/28/the-mere-e...

Paper behind paywall: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534711...




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