Early balding linked to prostate cancer risk in African Americans
From Philadelphia - Early balding may raise risk of prostate cancer in African-American men, according to a report published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Researchers compared over 300 prostate cancer patients to nearly 300 controls. All of the participants were African-American and were followed between 1998 and 2010. Results showed that any baldness in the men raised risk of prostate cancer by 69%. Men who had frontal baldness were at 2x increased risk of advanced prostate cancer.