Prostate Cancer 1

Question 1

What are the main risk factors for prostate cancer?

Answer 1

• Older age
• Positive family history (especially first-degree relatives)
• Race
• Other:
  
  • dietary fat and obesity
  • exposure to herbicides or cadmium

Question 2

What is hereditary prostate cancer, and what makes it more likely to occur?

Answer 2

• A greater number of affected relatives
• A closeness of the relationship of affected relatives (e.g., father or brother)
• An early age at diagnosis

Question 3

What populations are at risk for prostate cancer?

Answer 3

• More common and more lethal among men of African ancestry
• Asians have the lowest incidence of prostate cancer
• Caucasians and Hispanics have intermediate incidence rates