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Archive Home > 2011 > February > 17 > Balding at 20 linked to higher prostate cancer risk

Balding at 20 linked to higher prostate cancer risk

By Eva von Schaper and Rob Waters / The Bulletin
February 17, 2011

Men who show signs of balding at age 20 are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer in their lifetimes as those who keep their hair or lose it later, according to a French study.

Neither balding at 30 or 40 years of age, nor the pattern of hair loss, pointed to any increased risk of....

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