Androgenic alopecia may protect men vs prostate cancer by increasing UV exposure

4 CGMthrowaway 4 5/29/2025, 4:41:00 PM pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗

Comments (4)

bn-l · 2d ago
I can’t see the full article. Is it because of vitamin d?
CGMthrowaway · 1d ago
It doesn't go into detail, but it does say "a line of epidemiological studies suggest reduced risk of prostate cancer associated with sun exposure, outdoor activity, highly active vitamin D receptor variants [9], high level of vitamin D [10], childhood sunburn, regular foreign holidays, sunbathing score, high exposure to UVR [11] or living at lower latitude [12], results all pointing at the protective role of sun exposure."
bn-l · 1d ago
Thank you. So what else could it be? Surely it has to be vitamin d.
CGMthrowaway · 1d ago
Idk but in addition to Vit D, UV also modulates the production of regulatory T cells, melatonin/circadian rhythm and nitric oxide. So it could be a few things