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*Increasing incidence with age - the age in years is an approximation of the percentage of men with prostate cancer. | *Increasing incidence with age - the age in years is an approximation of the percentage of men with prostate cancer. | ||
*Usually an indolent course - most old men die with prostate cancer ''not'' from prostate cancer. | *Usually an indolent course - most old men die with prostate cancer ''not'' from prostate cancer. | ||
*Risk increased with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation<ref name=pmid23747895>{{Cite journal | last1 = Li | first1 = D. | last2 = Kumaraswamy | first2 = E. | last3 = Harlan-Williams | first3 = LM. | last4 = Jensen | first4 = RA. | title = The role of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in prostate cancer. | journal = Front Biosci (Landmark Ed) | volume = 18 | issue = | pages = 1445-59 | month = | year = 2013 | doi = | PMID = 23747895 }}</ref> - families have a mix of [[breast cancer]] and prostate cancer. | |||
**BRCA2 mutation risk >8x for men over 65 years old.<ref name=pmid22522501>{{Cite journal | last1 = Castro | first1 = E. | last2 = Eeles | first2 = R. | title = The role of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in prostate cancer. | journal = Asian J Androl | volume = 14 | issue = 3 | pages = 409-14 | month = May | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1038/aja.2011.150 | PMID = 22522501 }}</ref> | |||
**A BRCA2 founder mutation is described in French Canadians.<Ref name=pmid23318356>{{Cite journal | last1 = Taherian | first1 = N. | last2 = Hamel | first2 = N. | last3 = Bégin | first3 = LR. | last4 = Bismar | first4 = TA. | last5 = Goldgar | first5 = DE. | last6 = Feng | first6 = BJ. | last7 = Foulkes | first7 = WD. | title = Familial prostate cancer: the damage done and lessons learnt. | journal = Nat Rev Urol | volume = 10 | issue = 2 | pages = 116-22 | month = Feb | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1038/nrurol.2012.257 | PMID = 23318356 }}</ref> | |||
===Management=== | ===Management=== | ||