Family history of prostate cancer and obesity in relation to high‐grade disease and extraprostatic extension in young men with prostate cancer

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Background: Little is known about predictors of prostate cancer severity in young men. Therefore, we examined whether family history and obesity influence risk of high‐grade disease and extraprostatic extension in men < 55‐years old.Methods: Four hundred ninety‐eight men aged < 55 years who had had a radical prostatectomy (1992–1999) by one surgeon were mailed a survey in 2000 to assess family history of PCa and anthropometrics. Body mass index (BMI = kg/m2) was calculated as an indicator of obesity. Logistic regression was used to compute odds ratios (OR) for high‐grade disease (Gleason score ≥ 7) and extraprostatic extension.Results: Of the 363 respondents, 35.8% had at least one first‐degree relative with PCa. Men with a family history were younger at surgery than those without a family history (48.8 vs. 50.1 years, P < 0.001). After controlling for age, cigarette smoking, and race/ethnicity, men with an affected father had a lower risk of high‐grade disease compared to those without an affected father (OR = 0.42, 95% CI 0.23–0.76). Risk of high‐grade disease increased with increasing BMI, especially in men < 50‐years old (P‐trend = 0.02). Family history and BMI were not clearly associated with extraprostatic extension.Conclusions: After taking into account a younger age at presentation among men with a family history, young men with a family history of PCa were less likely to have high‐grade disease. Obesity may be associated with a poorer histology in young men with PCa, especially in men younger than 50 years of age. Prostate 55: 140–146, 2003.

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