As my father has prostate cancer and his cousin had prostate cancer 5 years ago that's mean I had 2 men close to me with it .so I want to do tests to.keep an eye on things
As my father has prostate cancer and his cousin had prostate cancer 5 years ago that's mean I had 2 men close to me with it .so I want to do tests to.keep an eye on things
Hi Rich
Prostate cancer is a significant risk as people get older
1 in 14 get it after the age of 60 but only 1 in 10,000 under 40 so if your father and his cousin were older then that's not a strong likelihood of a genetic link but if they were in their 40s that would be different and unusual and worth talking to your GP about
Certain things give you a higher risk see here:
prostatecanceruk.org/.../are-you-at-risk
Having it in the familly is one of those things but probably only something you need to worry about after the age of 50