How to find out if you are at risk of prostate cancer
What’s prostate cancer?
Prostate cancer is a serious disease that affects thousands of men each year who are middle-aged or older. Most prostate cancers occur in men older than age 65.Prostate cancer causes and risk factors:
There’s no known cause for prostate cancer. Like all cancers, it could be caused by many things, including a family history or exposure to certain chemicals.Whatever the instigating factor is, it leads to cell mutations and uncontrolled cell growth in the prostate.
The following factors may raise a man’s risk of developing prostate cancer:
- Age
- Race/ethnicity
- Family history
