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Family history and the risk of prostate cancer
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A case‐control study was performed to estimate the relative risk of developing prostate cancer for men with a positive family history. Extensive cancer pedigrees were obtained on 691 men with prostate cancer and 640 spouse controls. Fifteen percent of the cases but only 8% of the controls had a father or brother affected with prostate cancer (P < .001). Men with a father or brother affected were twice as likely to develop prostate cancer as men with no relatives affected. In addition, there was a trend of increasing risk with increasing number of affected family members such that men with two or three first degree relatives affected had a five and 11–fold increased risk of developing prostate cancer. Recognizing that 9–10% of U.S. men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime, men with a family history of prostate cancer should be advised of their significantly increased prostate cancer risk and should undergo appropriate screening measures for this disease.
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- Authors
- Steinberg, G. D., Carter, B. S., Beaty, T. H., Childs, B., & Walsh, P. C.
- Venue
- The Prostate
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1990-01
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 337-347
- ISSN
- 0270-4137 (ISSN-L)
- 1097-0045
- OpenAlex
- W2055066655
- Cited by
- 718
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 10.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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