Here are risk factors for prostate cancer. Scientists still investigate why some people develop the disorder and others don’t, but certain factors increase the risk, according to National Institutes of Health (NIH). To find out about your risk, select each checkbox/item on Risk Calculator* that applies to you.
Age: Age is the major risk factor. It is rare in young men, but the risk rises rather rapidly after age 50. More than 80% of prostate cancers are diagnosed in men who are 65 or older.
Race: It occurs more often in African-American men than in men of other races (over 70% more diagnosed compared with Caucasian men).
Other factors that may also increase the risk (but more studies are still needed to verify the effectiveness), which include:
- Diet (high fat/red diet, etc.).
- Obesity.
- Physical inactive
- Smoking.
- Consume high calcium.
- Prostate inflammation.
If any of risk factors applies to you, please discuss with your doctors about your risk and laboratory tests for prostate cancer.
* The calculation gives the relative risk in each risk factor as compare to public who don’t experience the risk. For example, if the relative risk in a risk factor is more than 1.0, it indicates a higher risk or more than one time than no risk factor public. Please note that the relative risk of the disorder is based on data in US CDC, academia associations and literature, which may not represent current development. Please check recent research, or contact your doctors for most up-to-date information.