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Health Encyclopedia: Prostate Cancer Risk Factors

Risk Factors

The major risk factors for prostate cancer include genetic, dietary, and environmental factors that effect male hormones (androgens) and make a man more susceptible to this cancer.

Age

Prostate cancer occurs almost exclusively in men over age 40 and most often after age 50. It is estimated that by age 70, about 65% of men have at least microscopic evidence of prostate cancers. Fortunately, the cancer is often very slow growing and older men with the cancer nearly always die of somethin...

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Expert & Community Posts

Erectile Dysfunction, Bladder Problems and Your Prostate

By Dr. Justin Harmon , Health Expert

...relieve the blockage. Usually this treatment goes hand in hand with the treatment of erectile... Read more »

Prostate Cryoablation

By Marc Greenstein , Health Expert

...when a dermatologist freezes a wart on some one's hand to remove it. Cryosurgery is one method... Read more »

Everything You Wanted to Know about Prostatitis...

By Donald Feeney, MD , Health Expert

Prostatitis often occurs in young to middle-aged men, and is one of the most common causes of... Read more »

Robotic Surgery for Prostate Cancer

By Marc Greenstein , Health Expert

...tremor and precise. Essentially, they mimic the human hand. In addition, the camera used to see... Read more »

What Does Prostate Size Mean?

By Jay Motola , Health Expert

Patients are often confused about the prostate, the walnut sized gland that surrounds the urethra. ... Read more »

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Health Guide

Prostate Cancer: Conditions with Similar Symptoms

...Conditions with Similar SymptomsBenign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)In up to half of men in their 40s, the prostate begins to enlarge through a process of cell multiplication called benign prostatic... Read more »

Prostate Cancer Introduction

Prostate cancer is a malignant tumor that arises in the prostate gland. As with any cancer, if it is advanced or left untreated in early stages, it can eventually spread through the blood... Read more »

Prostate Cancer: Resources

...Institutewww.cancer.org -- American Cancer Societywww.asco.org -- American Society of Clinical Oncologywww.prostatecancerfoundation.org -- Prostate Cancer Foundationwww.pcacoalition.org --... Read more »

Introduction to Enlarged Prostate (BPH)

...medical term referring to excess cell replication. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), also called benign prostate hyperplasia, is a noncancerous growth of the prostate gland. It is the most... Read more »

Causes of Enlarged Prostate

...growth in older men.Hormonal ChangesMale Hormones. Androgens (male hormones) most likely play a role in prostate growth. The most important androgen is testosterone, which is produced throughout a... Read more »

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