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63 citations,
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3 citations,
March 2018 in “BMC Cancer” Baldness, especially at the front, may lower the risk of testicular cancer by 31%, but its link to prostate cancer is unclear.
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164 citations,
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155 citations,
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150 citations,
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68 citations,
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57 citations,
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24 citations,
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23 citations,
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