Serum androgens: associations with prostate cancer risk and hair patterning

• Published in: Journal of andrology Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 495 - 500
• Main Authors: Demark-Wahnefried, W, Lesko, S. M, Conaway, M. R, Robertson, C. N, Clark, R. V, Lobaugh, B, Mathias, B. J, Strigo, T. S, Paulson, D. F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Am Soc Andrology 01.09.1997; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; American Society of Andrology
• Subjects: Aged; Alopecia - classification; baldness; Biological and medical sciences; Confidence Intervals; Dihydrotestosterone - blood; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; hormones; Humans; Male; Male genital diseases; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Prostatic neoplasms; Prostatic Neoplasms - blood; Prostatic Neoplasms - epidemiology; Prostatic Neoplasms - physiopathology; Reference Values; Risk Factors; Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin - analysis; testosterone; Testosterone - blood; Tumors; Human; Androgen; Prostate disease; Biological marker; Sex hormone binding protein; Urogenital system diseases; Male; Malignant tumor; Hair (head); Testosterone; Dihydrotestosterone; Alopecia; Risk factor; Testicular hormone; Hormonal investigation; Sex steroid hormone; Prostate

Cancer of the prostate is the leading cancer among American men, yet few risk factors have been established. Hair growth and development are influenced by androgens, and it has long been suspected that prostate cancer also is responsive to these hormones. A blinded, case‐control study was undertaken...