What are the causes of prostate cancer? Introduction to prostate cancer prevention methods

As the incidence of prostate cancer continues to increase, more people have to pay attention to this disease. Many people are not clear about the cause of prostate cancer, which has a certain impact on the prevention of prostate cancer. The following is an introduction to the cause of prostate cancer, I hope it can help everyone.

1. Age: Age is the main risk factor for prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is very rare in men under 45 years old, but the incidence of prostate cancer increases sharply with age, and the vast majority of prostate cancer patients are over 65 years old. Basically, the incidence of prostate cancer almost doubles with every 10 years of age after the age of 40. The risk of prostate cancer in men aged 50-59 is 10%, while the risk of prostate cancer in men aged 80-89 increases sharply to 70%.

2. Family history: When there is a direct male relative in the family who has prostate cancer, the incidence rate of men in the family increases significantly. Direct male relatives generally refer to fathers and brothers. If one direct relative has prostate cancer, the probability of having prostate cancer is 1 times higher than the general population; if there are two, it will be 3 times higher. This shows that the occurrence of prostate cancer may be related to one or a group of genes in the body, but these genes have not yet been fully identified by scientists.

3. Race: The incidence of prostate cancer is highest among African Americans (i.e. American blacks), followed by Hispanics and American whites, while the incidence of prostate cancer among African blacks is the lowest in the world. The incidence of prostate cancer among Asian men living in the United States is lower than that of white men, but significantly higher than that of native Asian men. Although the incidence of prostate cancer among the yellow race has not yet reached the level of European and American countries, the incidence of prostate cancer has shown an increasing trend year by year in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore.

After we have a clear understanding of the three causes of prostate cancer, what we should do is to analyze these causes and then take relevant preventive measures. However, many men think that these preventive measures do not work. But here we need to remind everyone that if we do not prevent it, the probability of prostate cancer is very high.