A new study links a specific pattern of male baldness to an increase in risk for prostate cancer.

Men who have this kind of balding pattern are largely at risk, with a 40 percent chance of developing prostate cancer as opposed to men who have a full head of hair.

The study closely followed 39,070 men between the ages of 55 to 74 from the U.S. Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial. The data revealed evidence that men who possess moderate balding located at the front crown of the head were the ones who have the highest risk of prostate cancer.

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According to Michael B. Cool from the National Cancer Institute, not all balding men are at risk of prostate cancer. So those who have other hair loss patterns should not be concerned about an increased risk of prostate cancer.

Aggressive prostate cancer shows a strong link to baldness but its nature is still unclear as to whether or not it could be applied to patient care.

A previous theory about early baldness found specifically in African American men is a strong indicator of prostate cancer risk certainly helped support this new study and male hair loss.

High stage prostate cancer is a much increased risk for men who have frontal baldness, according to another study from the journal Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention published last year.

As this only applies to African American men, this increased risk was magnified six times for males who possess the same balding pattern before they reach age 60. This conclusion was drawn from the Study of Clinical Outcomes, Risk, and Ethnicity (SCORE)'s data from 1998-2010 in the Philadelphia region.

Future studies will help scientists and researchers discover the very nature of the link between baldness and prostate cancer. These studies will hopefully be beneficial to all races and can help prevent the onset of prostate cancer.

This study was published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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