It has been suspected for years that there was some form of connection between “male pattern baldness” and being at risk for prostate cancer, and past studies have tended to validate this, but arguably not as well as the one described below. … READ MORE …
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Back in 2014, Zhou et al. reported an association between baldness and risk for diagnosis with aggressive forms of prostate cancer. At the time we noted that this association really needed to be confirmed in other studies. … READ MORE …
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According to a newly-published study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, certain types of male baldness are associated with a heightened risk for aggressive forms of prostate cancer (but this finding really needs to be confirmed in other studies). … READ MORE …
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It is well understood that male pattern baldness (androgenic alopecia) and prostate cancer are both associated with levels of expression of androgenic androgens like testosterone and dihydrotestosterone. However, there does not, in general, appear to be a direct correlation between male pattern baldness and risk for prostate cancer (or vice versa). … READ MORE …
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There are six reports in the news for the weekend, addressing such topics as:
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