men who go bald before 40 have higher risk of developing prostate cancer

[bullitnut]

Just read this article in the media.

Men who go bald by the age of 40 are more likely to get prostate cancer

Increased risk may be due higher levels of testosterone

Hormone can trigger the development of cancerous cells but also inhibit hair growth

Men who go bald by the time they reach 40 may be at increased of getting prostate cancer at an early age, according to new research.

Scientists who studied hair loss patterns in nearly 10,000 men found those who experienced receding hair lines early in life were more likely to suffer a tumour later on.

The findings, by a team of researchers in Australia, support earlier studies suggesting baldness could be linked with prostate cancer.

Men who experience receding hair lines early in life are more likely to suffer prostate cancer

The reasons why are not clear but previous studies indicate it may be due to higher levels of testosterone, the hormone which can trigger the development of cancerous cells but also inhibit hair growth.

In baldness, it's thought high testosterone levels have an adverse affect on the hair follicles, acting on a hormone receptor to slow down hair production.


Nearly 32,000 cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed every year in the UK and 10,000 men die from it - the equivalent of more than one an hour.


Experts at the Cancer Council of Victoria in Australia monitored 9,448 men who were taking part in a long-term health study, called the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort study.


The men, aged between 40 and 69 when the project began in the early nineties, were asked to score how much hair they had lost at the age of 20 and at the age of 40.


Prostate cancer (cells pictured) may be due to higher levels of testosterone. The hormone can trigger the development of cancerous cells but also inhibit hair growth

The researchers then tracked them to see how many went on to develop prostate cancer later in life and at what age.


The results, published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, showed men who were mostly bald at 40 were significantly more likely to develop early-onset cancer, which for some could be in their fifties or sixties.


The findings support a similar investigation last year, in which scientists compared men undergoing prostate biopsies for suspected cancers and found bald ones were much more likely to be diagnosed with a tumour.


Other research shows bald men are also more at risk of another prostate condition, called benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH.


This is where the prostate becomes enlarged, usually as a result of the ageing process, until it presses on the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body.


The first sign of the condition, which affects around 2.5 million men in the UK, is usually trouble passing urine, or difficulty starting even when the bladder is full.


In a report on their findings the Australian team said: 'Both prostate cancer and hair loss are strongly age-related conditions that are considered to be androgen (hormone) dependent.


'We found that baldness at the age of 40 might be a marker of increased risk of early-onset prostate cancer.'

 

[Sparky]

yes well this is all very depressing!!!

From what I have read and heard, proscar lowers our chances of getting this though.

 

[topccat29]

The problem with these types of studies is the information can be skewed to say whatever you want it to say. For instance how many of those that went bald early in life drank more alcohol, used anti depressants, became overweight, etc. Did these habits lead to a greater chance of prostate cancer or was it the baldness my guess would it would be those very habits.

Just my opinion but it is no different than these studies with Sun and cancer. Vitamin D is very well known to prevent cancer in the human body and that is why you need sunshine it seems like a no brainer unless the opposite has been pounded into one €™s head. Maybe its drinking all that booze when out in the sunshine as one soaks in a carcinogenic chlorine bath called a swimming pool that is actually causing the cancer and not the Sun.

My guess would be in these examples it €™s the booze as it raises estrogen levels, more estrogen more cancer makes more sense. Its exactly the same reason they give women with breast cancer medication to lower estrogen when all they really need to do is stop raising estrogen levels with all the crap they are selling us to begin with, but then no one makes any money. So bring on the breast amputation.

 

[Boberto]

Agreed. These studies are mostly rubbish and are purely scienctists clutching at straws. As they are ultimately clueless in how to treat and prevent cancer successfully.

 

[mars]

Simple way to find out if this is true or not..50% of men have some degree of hairloss by 50,compared this to the percentage of men who get prostate cancer and you will see there is no link.

 

[bullitnut]

Good post Mars

 

[Sparky]

Well, my father in law recently got over prostate cancer, and he has a full head of hair.

 

[Bigmac]

Good topic, its worth reading and hearing the members opinions on this subject.

 

[RichnHairy]

That sucks. But the research is kinda spurious.

 

[Guest]

For most men passing the age of forty-five is not only a sign of the dreaded 'middle' age but is also the point at which they might well expect to see the arrival of prostate problems at any day. Enlargement of the prostate (also referred to as benign prostatic hypertrophy, or BPH) is a normal part of the ageing process and, as its name suggests, it is not a life-threatening condition.

 

[johnclave777]

I am 27 and i am facing hair-loss problem i am feared that am i b suffering form this cancer in future??? I have thik hair but problem is it is falling does this really matters???

 

[skiny]

I read this somewhere and it almost contradicted itself, in hair loss anyway. i ´ve lost good friends to cancer with good heads of hair, i think it ´s too much to read into and is scare mongering to make a news article, and in unhelpful and misleading, and a total lack of understanding about the feelings it can create.

 

[Guest]

good article. Thanks.

 

[JohnSheikh]

hairloss in and itself is very depressing and now knowing that it can increase the chances of other diseases ! :whatever:

 

[Siolas]

I agree with JohnSheikh.

 

[topccat29]

In my opinion the best form of medicine is medical anthropology or empirical research. It is based on observation and it is probably as old as man. This is why often times Eastern medicine is superior to Western medicine but Eastern medicine doesn €™t make money like Western medicine.

Observation a woman that wears a bra 24 hours a day has a risk factor that is 125 times higher of having breast cancer due to the constriction of lymph flow in the mammary glands. Simple solution might be not to wear a bra. That is bad for the system, no money in that so instead have women wear pink ribbons everywhere raising money for the same system that tells them what they offer is better and it also makes them lots of money which they like. It is almost to the level where they seem to be making fools out of people but if you say that they will just give you a negative label as you are bad for their business. Even with lowering estrogen instead of giving them sound advice of losing weight and changing their diet they instead prescribe tamoxifen as that is what makes them money, but that is not in the best interest of the patient.

Prostate cancer could be as simple as men wearing tight underwear and not allowing their testicles to drop away from the body in hot weather to stay cool. I €™m not saying that this is the case but if such a statement were to be made and the simple solution were to wear a looser type of underwear then nobody in medicine would make money. That becomes a problem so normally what happens is they would label that statement crazy talk. They prefer to do their own studies always with the result they are looking for and it is all a money game.

Something as simple as too much bicycle riding can increase your risk for testicular or prostate cancer. Observation having your balls squeezed for longs periods of time might not be a good idea. Become your own doctor.

Sometimes it's as simple as looking at who sits on the board of these councils. Who are they and what other boards do they sit on. After research which most simply do not have the time to do one could easily see connections that make the information very biased. The media you can forget about it, they just read what is handed to them.

 

[Guest]

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no links alllwowed

 

[topccat29]

There is a very good long article from Life Extension 2008 available online €œDestroying the Myth of Testosterone Replacement and Prostate Cancer € I did remember reading it and it is too long to post here but very good information. I don €™t believe Testosterone replacement is needed in older men as that can be achieved through diet but the point is rising testosterone levels are not the reason for prostate cancer in my opinion.

Older men in fact have lower levels of testosterone levels as they age and higher levels of estrogen much due to all the exposure to environmental estrogens along with having higher bodyfat through poor nutrition. Both estrogen and bodyfat can be lowered through diet. These constant media blurbs about men having high testosterone and it being bad are misinformation in my opinion and this study does not seem to make sense due to their main point of rising testosterone levels in older men it €™s fallacy.

The good about this article is pointing out how beliefs are developed. They just keep hammering you with misinformation as being fact over and over and over again and then eventually is does become fact. Another example would be cholesterol and heart attacks etc. It is a slow process of conditioning that just happens over time. Its important to stay aware as it happens and why the general media is usually the worst place to gather information especially if your life depends on it.

 

[topccat29]

Always good to post articles Builnut so that we can analyze them and try if figure out is this good or bad information. That then becomes a habit, to keep asking questions, posting statements and trying to figure it out as a group.

When my nephews were very young my brother would watch commercials with them most especially those that appeared on programming directed towards children, then they would analyze what the motives of the marketer were and if it was good or bad, mostly it was negative in reality if one were to pick it apart and give it some thought. Very good skill to teach any child as one can easily lack it in adulthood if it is not actively taught.