What are the causes of prostate cancer?
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I have always wondered too. What are they? Ill have to watch this question.
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What Causes Prostate Cancer? We do not yet know exactly what causes prostate cancer, but we do know that certain risk factors are linked to the disease. A risk factor is anything that increases a person's chance of getting a disease. Different cancers have different risk factors. Some risk factors, such as smoking, can be controlled. Others, like a person's age or family history, can't be changed. But having a risk factor, or even several, doesn’t mean that you will get the disease. Several factors, listed below, can increase the risk of a man developing prostate cancer. Age: The chance of getting prostate cancer goes up as a man gets older. About 2 out of every 3 prostate cancers are found in men over the age of 65. Race: For unknown reasons, prostate cancer is more common among African-American men than among white men. And African-American men are twice as likely to die of the disease. Prostate cancer occurs less often in Asian men than in whites. Nationality: Prostate cancer is most common in North America and northwestern Europe. It is less common in Asia, Africa, Central and South America. Family history: Men with close family members (father or brother) who have had prostate cancer are more likely to get it themselves, especially if their relatives were young when they got the disease. Diet: Men who eat a lot of red meat or high-fat dairy products seem to have a greater chance of getting prostate cancer. These men also tend to eat fewer fruits and vegetables. Doctors are not sure which of these factors causes the risk to go up. The best advice is to eat 5 or more servings of vegetables and fruits each day and to eat less red meat and high-fat dairy products. Exercise: Although most studies have not shown a link to exercise, one recent study found that men over the age of 65 who exercised vigorously had a lower rate of prostate cancer. Some people get cancer because of changes to their DNA. DNA makes up our genes, which control how cells behave. DNA is inherited from our parents. A small percentage (about 5% to 10%) of prostate cancers are linked to such changes. It may also be the case that prostate cancer is linked to higher levels of certain hormones. High levels of male hormones (androgens) may play a part in prostate cancer risk in some men. Also, some researchers have noted that men with high levels of the hormone called IGF-1 are more likely to get prostate cancer. But others have not found such a link. More research is needed in this area.
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It's a mix of three things: your genetics, your testosterone levels and your diet. Black men are more likely to suffer of prostate cancer because they have higher testosterone levels that other ethnic groups. If men in your family have a history of prostate cancer, you're more at risk. Finally, prostate cancer like most cancers is much more common in Europe and North America because people tend to eat much junk food in those countries, meaning higher fat content in food and more genetically modified foods.
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We don't know the answer to that question. Cancer in general is when the cells in the area lose the ability to communicate and to stop growing when the area they are supposed to fill in is filled in. There is research done on the cellular components that fail, but not too much conclusive has been located yet. There are some precipiating factors - lack of exercise, lack of green vegetables in the diet What causes it to spread is known. People ignore the difficulty urinating which is a sign that all is not well with the prostate. Low back pain in the absence of muscle or disk involvement is another sign. Constipation is another precipitating factor. When people force the stool, they raise the pressure in the appropriate area and thus some cancerous cells are released and tend to head for the spinal cord.
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Cause is unknown ,but associated factors include the influence of the male hormone testosterone ,age ;incidence gets higher with age.
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