Hair loss at 40 shows you're getting cancer

“Our research has found an increasing risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer in men alone with a specific form of hair loss ] and hair loss at the top of the head at the age of 45,” said study leader Michael B. Cook.

“However, we have not ascertained any increasing risk for any form of prostate cancer in other hair loss forms,” added Cook from the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.

The authors analyzed the link between forms of hair loss and cancer in a group of 39.070 men aged 55-74.

Male questioning men with the help of offered images had to describe the shape of their hair loss when they were 45 years old.

1,138 prostate cancers were diagnosed as accompanying the group, of which 51 percent were aggressive.

Males with a specific form of hair loss, with no hair on their front, and rare hair on their head, were 40 percent more likely to suffer from some aggressive form of prostate cancer than those who were not bald.

The study confirmed earlier indicators that there can be a connection between the type of hair loss and the prostate of cancer.

“However, it is very early for these findings to apply in treatment,” stressed Cook.

Some data suggests that prostate cancer and hair loss affect levels of male sex hormones (androgenous), which speaks in favor of biological attachment between hair loss and prostate cancer.