What are the main causes of prostate cancer

Although the cause of prostate cancer is still unclear, some high-risk causes have been summarized. These will be the focus of people's prevention of prostate cancer. In addition, it should be pointed out that the prevention of prostate cancer also requires fundamental prevention, which mainly refers to the care of the prostate, especially in young and middle-aged people, so as not to hurt the prostate too much. The following is a summary of the high-risk causes of prostate cancer:

What is the cause of prostate cancer?

1. Age. The older you are, the higher the chance of developing prostate cancer.

Second: Heredity. People whose blood relatives have prostate cancer 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.

Three: Hormones. Most prostate cancer cells have receptors for male hormones on their surface. If they lose the stimulation of male hormones, the prostate cancer cells will shrink and degenerate. It can be said that the more male hormones a person secretes, the more likely he or she is to develop prostate cancer. For this reason, people who have been castrated or have testicular dysplasia will not develop prostate cancer, but I believe no man is willing to pay this price to stay away from prostate cancer.

4. Diet. If you consume a lot of saturated fatty acids in your daily diet, you should be careful because saturated fatty acids are inducers of prostate cancer.

5. Infection. Long-term, chronic bacterial or viral infection will greatly increase the chance of prostate cancer.

6. Environment. Cadmium pollution in the environment can also increase the risk of prostate cancer.

In most cases, prostate cancer occurs in the elderly. Therefore, it is relatively rare in young and middle-aged patients, mainly men under 45 years old. However, it does exist. This may be the result of the combined effects of genetics and some high-risk causes. For any type of cancer, prevention is better than treatment.