Heredity

[|Family Heredity Percentages]

- Some mutations are passed down from generation to generation, but in Prostate cancer it is more likely to have your own cell mutation unlinked to that of your father's or your grandfather's.

- However a father and a brother who have cell mutations is a sign that you will most likely have the same mutations at some point in life.

- 3 of every 100 American men will die from prostate cancer. Get checked early and cancer can be detained and treated - 1996: First Prostate Cancer Gene found in Chromosome 1 - 3% of all prostate cancer - 2000: Second Prostate Cancer Gene found in Chromosome 17 - 4-5 % of all prostate cancer - Large amounts of gene abnormalities coming together cause breast cancer so it is harder to track down in the genome.