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Got hair? If you don’t, you might have a higher risk of prostate cancer, a preliminary study suggests. Researchers are reporting that bald men who underwent biopsies of the prostate were more likely to have cancer than were those with more hair on their heads.

有頭髮嗎？如果你沒有，你的攝護腺癌風險可能較高。一份初步研究顯示，研究人員指出，接受攝護腺切片的禿頭男子，比頂上有較多毛髮的人更可能罹癌。

"Bald men should be aware that they may benefit from being screened earlier and perhaps, if necessary, from being biopsied sooner," said study author Dr. Neil Fleshner, a professor of surgical urology at the University of Toronto. In the study, the more bald people were, the more likely they were to have prostate cancer. We’re 95 percent sure this is real."

研究作者、多倫多大學泌尿外科教授佛雷希納說：「禿頭男子應該知道，他們或許能受益於提早篩檢，如有必要，也可能受益於較快接受切片。在這份研究中，頭越禿，越可能有攝護腺癌，我們95%確定這是真的。」

However, not all doctors are ready to embrace the study’s conclusions. The possible association between male pattern baldness and prostate cancer has been considered in previous studies.

但是，並非所有醫師都準備接受這份研究結論。雄性禿與攝護腺癌之間可能的關聯，過去已有研究中考慮過。

Although the precise mechanism isn’t understood, researchers think male hormones known as androgens may play a role in both baldness and prostate cancer.

雖然不了解確實機制，研究人員認為，男性荷爾蒙雄激素可能在禿頭與攝護腺癌都扮演角色。

新聞辭典

undergo：動詞，接受（手術）、經歷。例句：Cinema in Britain is undergoing a revival of popularity.（英國的電影院人氣回溫。）

embrace：動詞，擁抱、接受。例句：This was an opportunity that he would embrace.（這是個他會接受的機會。）

mechanism：名詞，機制。例句：The mechanism for collecting taxes needs revising.（收稅機制需要修訂。）