Can prostate cancer be inherited?

Many people want to know whether prostatitis is hereditary. The following introduction gives us a detailed understanding of this. Therefore, we must prevent the occurrence of the disease as early as possible in our daily life, which is the most effective way to treat the disease. Next, let us understand whether prostate cancer is hereditary.

Through a large number of epidemiological surveys, although some people have proposed the relationship between genetic factors and prostate cancer, it has not yet been confirmed because there is currently insufficient evidence to prove that if the previous generation had prostate cancer, the next generation will also get the disease. It is rare for prostate cancer to be inherited among direct relatives.
Despite this, in terms of tumor genetics research, the medical community still classifies prostate cancer as a familial cancer. That is to say, prostate cancer tends to occur in certain families. The reason for this phenomenon may be due to genetic factors, but it is more likely due to the same family members having common living habits, the same living environment, the same external interference or the same "carcinogenic factors" stimulation.