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    Androgenetic Alopecia at Various Ages and Prostate Cancer Risk in an Equal-Access Multiethnic Case-Control Series of Veterans

    March 2013 in “ Cancer Causes & Control ”
    Jean-Alfred Thomas, Jodi Antonelli, Lionel L. Bañez … Stephen J. Freedland
    Studysummary This study found that an earlier onset of androgenetic alopecia, especially in a frontal balding pattern, was significantly associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer among men at a Veterans Affairs Hospital.
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