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Prostate cancer 'raises breast risk for daughters': Women's risk increases by 14% if their father or brother suffered the disease. Women whose father or brother has prostate cancer are more likely to develop breast cancer, research shows.
In this article. All men are at risk for developing prostate cancer. About one man in six will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, but only one man in 36 will die of this disease. About 80 percent of men who reach age 80 have prostate cancer cells in their prostate. Besides being male, there are other factors, such as age, race, and family history that may contribute to the risk. Age. The greatest risk factor for prostate cancer is age.