article_snippet: The question, at first glance, seems fairly simple: would you want to know your chances of getting prostate cancer?
article_snippet: Could there be a faulty prostate cancer gene on my father
article_snippet: My mother hour-long assessment included umpteen questions: ages of siblings, who’d had children, ages of grand- parents at death, who’d had which cancers and when; my medical history, why I wanted screening.
article_snippet: With It comes an increased risk of prostate cancer.
article_snippet: After the age of 40 we would also suggest regular PSA tests for prostate cancer,’ My mother said.
article_snippet: prostate or bowel cancer —
article_snippet: and it’s one of the most common questions family members of cancer patients