Although there are no prostate cancer genes have been discovered, the disease does sometimes seem to run in families. For someone like you, who has a close relative (a father) who has had prostate cancer, the risk of developing it is increased two- or threefold compared with someone who has no relatives with prostate cancer.
Men who have more than one close relative with prostate cancer are at even greater risk. Therefore, the best thing to do is to do ways to prevent it.
There are some dietary measures that seem to help. Taking more selenium in the diet can reduce your risk. Pulses, such as lentils, and tomatoes (which contain called lycopene) also offer a protective effect.
For almost all cancers, a diet high in fruit and veggies is beneficial. There is a continuing debate about whether it is worthwhile having the prostate specific antigen screening blood test. One of the problems with prostate cancer is that it is sometimes very mild as to make the treatment worse than the disease.
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