Yes, male relatives – brothers, sons, cousins, nephews –are more at risk for prostate cancer. Your sons’ specific risk depends on your age at diagnosis. The closer you were to age 72 at diagnosis, the more your sons’ chances of being diagnosed with prostate cancer level out to that of the general male population.
Our doctors have recommended that for those men with a family history of prostate cancer, conversations with their primary-care doctors or urologists about annual PSA screenings should take place starting at age 40.
