PURPOSE To determine if familial prostate cancer patients have a less favorable prognosis
than patients with sporadic prostate cancer after treatment for localized disease with either …

Results A positive family history (FH positive) was reported in 16%. The 10-year bRFS rates
for patients with negative family history (FH negative) versus FH positive were 59% and …

Purpose: We analyzed the outcome after radical prostatectomy of patients with familial
prostate cancer versus patients with sporadic prostate cancer. Materials and Methods: The …

Purpose: To compare the outcome of familial versus sporadic prostate carcinoma after
definitive external radiation. Methods and Materials: Between 1987 and 1996, 1214 men …

PURPOSE: A family history of prostate cancer is an important risk factor for this disease. The
clinical presentation and prognosis of familial disease remain uncertain. In this study these …

Background A family history (FH) of prostate cancer (PrCa) is associated with an increased
likelihood of PrCa diagnosis. Conflicting evidence exists regarding familial PrCa and clinical …

Current epidemiologic and genetic data suggest the hypothetical paradigm that prostate
cancer occurs in three forms: sporadic, familial, and hereditary (Figure 1). Sporadic cases …

Purpose: There are conflicting reports concerning whether prostate cancer in families with
multiple affected members has different clinical and pathological features than sporadic …

Objectives To compare traditional prognostic characteristics of familial vs sporadic prostate
cancers and to investigate potential detection biases arising from differences in the use of …

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 …