What causes prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is a very common disease among male friends. Once it occurs, it will cause trouble to male friends, thus harming their health. Everyone needs to pay attention to the causes of prostate cancer. Next, I will introduce to you how prostate cancer is caused.

1. Age factor: The older you are, the higher the chance of developing prostate cancer. Genetic factors: People with prostate cancer in their blood relatives have a higher chance of getting prostate cancer than the average person; in other words, about 9% of prostate cancer patients have a family history of the disease. Hormonal factors: Most prostate cancer cells have receptors for male hormones on their surfaces, and without the stimulation of male hormones, prostate cancer cells will shrink and degenerate. It can be said that the more male hormones a person secretes, the more likely he is to develop prostate cancer. For this reason, people who have been castrated since childhood or have testicular dysplasia will not get prostate cancer, but I believe no man is willing to pay this price in exchange for staying away from prostate cancer.

2. Dietary factors: If you consume a lot of saturated fatty acids in your daily diet, you should be careful. Saturated fatty acids are inducers of prostate cancer. Infectious factors, long-term, chronic bacterial or viral infections, will greatly increase the chance of prostate cancer. Environmental factors, cadmium pollution in the environment, will also increase the incidence of prostate cancer.

3. Sex hormone factors: Surveys have shown that the cause of prostate cancer is related to sex hormones, especially androgens, which may play an important role. Excessive secretion of androgens causes the imbalance of hormones in the body and leads to pathological changes. Hormone secretion is not only related to diet, but also external sexual stimulation can increase the secretion of androgens. Relevant data show that the incidence of prostate cancer in blacks is also high, which is closely related to their high androgens.

In addition, scientists have found that the incidence of prostate cancer is even related to race. Surveys show that African Americans have the highest incidence of prostate cancer worldwide, while Asians have a relatively low incidence of prostate cancer. However, in recent years, the incidence of prostate cancer in my country has shown a clear upward trend. Experts remind male friends to pay attention to the factors related to prostate cancer in a timely manner and actively prevent prostate cancer.