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 ca

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-existence-of-whales/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/02/28/the-mere-e... Paper behind paywall: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534711000152 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534711...