BACKGROUND Increased risk of prostate cancer among men with a family history of the
disease has been observed in several epidemiological studies, and family studies have …

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 …

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 …

Some data suggest that brothers of prostate cancer patients have higher disease risk than
their fathers, supporting an X-linked or recessive mode of inheritance. However, higher …

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 …

Objectives. Rates of prostate cancer in Kingston, Jamaica are extremely high (occurring in
more than 300 men out of 100,000 in 1989 to 1993). This article addresses the familial …

Prostate cancer occurs more frequently in US blacks than whites. A population‐based case‐
control study which investigated the association with family history of cancer was carried out …

A family-history cancer survey was conducted on 5,486 men who underwent a radical
prostatectomy, for clinically localized prostate cancer, in the Department of Urology at the …

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 …

Objectives. To confirm, in a study of a large, independent cohort of families with prostate
cancer, the findings of three segregation analyses that have suggested the existence of an …