Prostate Cancer — Step 2: Which Risk Factors May Apply to You? | email this page |
In this step, you explore how to know if any of the known
risk factors for prostate cancer apply to you. If you need to review
the basics, check out What
Are Risk Factors? and What
is Risk Exposure? |
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Research on prostate cancer risk factors Relative risk of prostate cancer based on family history |
Prostatitis: infection of the prostate | BPH: enlarged prostate |
Understanding Prostate Cancer Risk Tool
Check the risk factors that apply to you to build your own list. Then go to
Step 3 to learn what you can do to reduce your risk for factors in your list.
After you build your list, you can print it out and take it with you to your
doctor.