Relationship Between Male Pattern Baldness and the Risk of Aggressive Prostate Cancer: An Analysis of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial

    September 2014 in “ Journal of Clinical Oncology ”
    Cindy Ke Zhou, Ruth M. Pfeiffer, Sean D. Cleary … Michael B. Cook
    Studysummary This study observed that frontal plus moderate vertex baldness at age 45 was associated with a higher risk of aggressive prostate cancer in a large cohort.
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