Age is the most important risk factor for prostate cancer. Having relatives with prostate or breast cancer increases risk. Certain rare genes like BRCA2 can raise the risk of important prostate cancer by 7 times. Black men are more likely to get prostate cancer than Asian men. A healthy diet and exercise can help reduce the risk of prostate cancer.

1. Why Do Some Men
Get Prostate Cancer?
Mr Marc Laniado MD FEBU FRCS(Urol)
Consultant Urological Surgeon

2. Normal prostate cells can turn into an
uncontrolled growth of cancer cells
Normal cells Cancer cells

3. Age is the most important
risk factor for prostate cancer

4. Relatives with prostate or breast
cancer increase the risk
Pancreatic
Prostate
Prostate PancreaticBreast
Breast
ProstateProstate
Ovary
Colon

5. Some rare genes eg BRCA2
raise risk 7 x for important PCa
Affected: inherited faulty gene from 1 parentUnaffected: inherited 1 normal gene from each parent
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Affected parentUnaffected parent
Gene pair: 1 of pair is faultyGene pair: both normal
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6. Black men more likely to get
prostate cancer than Asians

7. Healthy diet and exercise can
reduce risk of prostate cancer