Symptoms and risk factors
What are the symptoms of prostate cancer?
Symptoms of prostate cancer can include:
- Problems starting to pee (hesitancy)
- Pain when you pass pee
- Passing pee a lot, especially at night
- Starting and stopping when peeing
- Dribbling pee or weak flow of pee
- Feeling that you have not emptied your bladder properly
- Blood in pee
- Blood in semen.
Other symptoms can include:
- Bone pain
- Loss of appetite
- Weight loss
- Pain in the testicles.
Having these symptoms does not mean you have prostate cancer. They can be caused by benign prostatic enlargement. This is a non-cancerous condition. If you do get these symptoms, it is a good idea to talk to your doctor.
It is important to note that prostate cancer often has no symptoms.
What are the risk factors of prostate cancer?
1. Age. The risk of getting prostate cancer increases as you get older. Most cases are diagnosed in men over 50.
2. Lifestyle factors. There is some evidence that obesity and diet have an effect on your risk of getting prostate cancer.
3. Ethnicity. Black men over the age of 45 have an increased risk of getting prostate cancer. one in four Black men are diagnosed with prostate cancer compared with one in eight White men.
4. Family history. You are more likely to get prostate cancer if:
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- Your father or brother has had it. Especially if they were under 60
- You have a close relative with breast cancer.
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