Prostate Cancer Possible Causes

Some possible causes of prostate cancer are:

Age is a safer risk factor.
A specific trigger for the development of prostate cancer is not known. As a crucial and scientifically indisputable factor in the development contract has an age. From the age of 65 years increases the risk of gradually, more than half of those older than 70 years. Prostate cancers grow slowly and are usually well differentiated. This is crucial for successful treatment.

Statistical frequencies can not yet be explained.
In some special statistical surveys have been found so far but can not be explained:

    Prostate cancer occurs most frequently in the Swedish population, but only very rarely in Taiwan and Japan.
    In people with black skin, they occur about four times as often as in people with fair skin.

The marital status plays a role in prostate cancer is most common in divorced and, less frequently (in descending order of frequency) among the widowed, married and unmarried. What are the reasons behind these incidence rates are, is not known. The relationship to sexuality is not important.


Several factors may play a role.
The incidence of prostate cancer appears to be subject to hormonal influences. Plays in particular the level of testosterone play a role.

It is possible that the professional handling of rubber and cadmium increases the risk.

High-fat diet can increase the risk of prostate cancer.


There is a hereditary factor.
Scientific studies have also demonstrated a genetic factor. That means, had the father or even several male ancestors prostate cancer, so the risk to the son in earlier years of life of prostate cancer increases. The risk also increases if more frequent among women in the family of breast cancer have been reported.


A benign enlargement of the prostate does not increase the risk.
For many men the prostate grows over the years without a prostate cancer is the reason. Growth will be classified as benign, it is called a benign Prostatahyperplasiesyndrom BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia). The existence of such a benign enlargement does not increase the risk of cancer.