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Male Pattern Baldness Linked with Skin Cancer Risk

Int J Cancer; ePub 2016 Aug 20; Li, Cho, et al

August 31, 2016  

Male pattern baldness may be associated with increased risk of skin cancer, but the associations may only exist for those occurring at head and neck, particularly at scalp, a recent study found. Researchers examined the association between male pattern baldness and risk of incident skin cancer, including invasive melanoma, invasive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) in a prospective analysis consisting of 36,032 participants. They found:

• During the follow-up, 327 melanoma cases, 1,324 SCC cases, and 8,438 BCC cases were identified.

• Male pattern baldness was not significantly associated with risk of incident melanoma, but was significantly associated with increased risk of SCC and BCC.

• Analyses by body sites found significant associations between frontal plus moderate-to-severe vertex baldness and risk of melanoma and SCC at head and neck; the associations were particularly stronger for scalp melanoma, but not for non-scalp head and neck sites.

Citation: Li WQ, Cho E, Han J, Weinstock MA, Qureshi AA. Male pattern baldness and risk of incident skin cancer in a cohort of men. [Published online ahead of print August 20, 2016]. Int J Cancer. doi:10.1002/ijc.30395.

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