- Men with prostate cancer who come from families with a history of prostate cancer are significantly more likely to survive, compared with other men.
- According to the study, men with prostate cancer who also have a first-degree or second-degree relative who has or has had cancer are 15% more likely to survive prostate cancer.
- The authors of the study suggest that this is due to a heightened awareness of cancer risk and more proactive screening among members of such families.
A man’s risk of developing prostate cancer increases if he has a family history of prostate cancer. Research has shown that those with a brother or father who had a prostate cancer diagnosis are twice as likely to receive the same diagnosis themselves as men with no family history of this form of cancer.
However, according to a new study, men with a family history of prostate cancer are more likely to survive the disease than someone from a family with no such history.
The study found that a man with prostate cancer who comes from a family with one first-degree or second-degree relative who has or has had cancer is 15% more likely to survive prostate cancer.
The more extensive a man’s family history of inheritable cancers, the less likely he was to die from prostate cancer. Men with two or more affected family members were 20% more likely to survive.
The study found that men with family histories of cancer were equally less likely to die early of any cause at all.
The findings appear in the journal European Urology.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, with one in eight men likely to develop the disease, according to the
Prostate cancer outcomes vary, and there are both non-aggressive and aggressive forms of the disease. One out of every 41 men diagnosed with the disease dies from it.
This may be attributable to the later times in life at which prostate cancer often…
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