Purpose: We evaluated the importance of positive family history, age at diagnosis and
history of vasectomy in predicting the risk for prostate cancer in the brothers of prostate …

Epidemiological data have not yet enabled physicians to look beyond age and race to
identify men at increased risk for prostate cancer. We conducted a hospital-based case …

There is a familial aggregation of prostate cancer, and 5 to 10% of all prostate cancers are
estimated to be inherited in an autosomal‐dominant mode. A population‐based cohort study …

Background: It is estimated that there will be more than 244 000 new prostate cancer cases
diagnosed and that more than 40 000 men will die of this disease during 1995. Evidence …

OBJECTIVE: To review current literature on the hereditary aspects of prostate cancer and to
evaluate the importance of family history in history taking and screening for prostate cancer …

BACKGROUND Although all men age> 50 years are at an increased risk for the
development of prostate carcinoma, 2 major factors increase this risk: family history and …

Prostate cancer (PCa) has a large familial component, but understanding of its genetic basis
is fragmentary. Breast cancers may be associated with PCa, but whether this is true for other …

BACKGROUND Although prostate carcinoma is not widely recognized as a familial cancer,
familial aggregation of this disease has been shown in some retrospective case–control …

It has been suggested that positive family history constitutes a risk factor for the development
of prostate cancer. Familial clustering of prostate cancer might suggest that genetic factors …

Objective To assess the risk of breast, ovarian and prostate cancer in the families of men
with prostate cancer. Patients and methods A case‐control study was performed by …