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Now we will describe the some risk factors of prostate cancer.

1. Testosterone: it is the male hormone that not directly causes the prostate cancer but it is said that it feeds the growth and development of prostate cancerous cells. In order to reduce this risk, sometimes the doctors blocked the testosterone production as a part of prostate cancer’s treatment.

2. Age: According to research into aging, it is demonstrated that the chances of prostate cancer growth is more in the men who has over age 50 in comparison to those who has under age 30.Actually, it has proven by researchers that with the increase in age some biochemical reactions lead to production of abnormal cells that in turn cause the cancer growth in the human’s body.

3. Heredity: In case any of man’s father, grand father or an older sibling has this cancer then of course the chances of this cancer emergence in him boost up. The men belong to African American race have high risk of this cancer in comparison of one who belong to other race. The scientist are trying to find out the genes that are responsible for inherited prostate cancer. The genes that are investigating for this purpose are named as Hereditary Prostate Cancer Genes 1 and 2 (HPC1, HPC2) and HPCX.  But one point of noteworthy is that inherited prostate cancer prevails differently than the cancer which results due to other cause. The researchers still investigate this inheritance cause deeply so we may get some more information in this respect in near future.

4. Genetics: According to research findings, it is evident that sometime the genetic defects may become a cause of prostate cancer. Due to a genetic defect the ability of men to produce enzyme retards and thereby absence of this enzyme lessen defense power of men. Once defense system ends, the production of cancerous cells increase leading to last stage of prostate cancer

5. Diet: It is demonstrated in the studies that risk of prostate cancers increases when men routine diet includes high amount  of animal fat. This situation differs when diet based on high fruits and vegetables (tomato-based products) as risk of cancer diminishes due to such diet.

As with other types of cancer, the cause of prostate cancer is not known although a number of risk factors are associated with it:  high levels of alcohol, drug consumption, low foliate intake, genetic factor.Prostate cancer is slow in growing and symptom free, until it has infected other parts of the body. Its symptoms include:  difficulty in urinating, frequent urination, increased urination, at night blood in the urine painful urination, painful ejaculation, difficulty achieving ejaculation, genetics, and diet factors. There are a number of ways that prostate cancer can be diagnosed: physical examination ,prostate specific antigen (PSA) test biopsy, CT scans, bone scans, cystoscopy (where a small flexible camera tube is inserted through the urethra.

Low levels of vitamin D increase the risk of prostate cancer. It is advisable to eat foods with high levels of vitamin D, B6, E (cruciferous vegetables) and soy foods. It has been noted that using anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin and ibuprofen actually reduce the risk of prostate cancer. Nutrition and physical activity are important in keeping prostate cancer at bay. Frequent ejaculation, although debatable, is believed to lower the risk of prostate cancer.