Why is the prostate so susceptible to cancer?

Answer 1

The prostate, like the breast and ovaries, is sensitive to hormonal regulation. While a prior respondant was probably correct in indicating that all cells get cancer with similar regularity, the answer is also misleading in that "cancer" the disease is different from "cancer" the microscopically proliferating cell-group.

Your body has quite a few methods for dealing with cancers. Intestines, for example, do divide often - and concequentially mutate frequently - but they also constantly being sloughed off by the body. The prostate, on the other hand, divides more slowly, but is subject to increased growth and division based on the influence of outside hormones. If your hormones get out of wack, or if the hormone receptors on your sensitive tissues mutate, then you're a likely subject of cancer the disease.

Answer 2

It's not any more susceptible than other organs. The difference lies in that we often times are able to detect it earlier than some other cancers. Any organ in your body is able to become cancerous due to cellular processes going on everyday. The function of the prostate involves the sloughing of cells as part of the excretory function, this is similar to the GI and pancreas. As a result there is a greater cell renewal and therefore a "better" chance of getting cancer. Again it is not more susceptible than other organs, we just find it more often AND can cure it (as opposed to things like ovarian cancer).

BTW- on a side note no matter what clothing you wear, due to the location of the prostate the "thermoregulation" is entirely INTERNAL, not external. This is the same mistake people speak of when they say that women who wear a bra are proned to breast cancer. The increase of a cellular temperature above the basal (98.6) temperature plays little, to no bearing on the genomic instability required to promote a cancerous cell, infact it may help to hinder because it will slow the metabolic process that cancer cells undergo to divide rapidly to form a tumor, plus it will increase the expression of cancer preventative agents such as HSP70 and other key proteins.

Answer 3

I Dont Know!
The exact cause of prostate cancer is unknown, but risk factors may include age, race, and diet. Older men, African-American men, those with a family history of prostate cancer, and those with a poor diet seem to present the greatest risk of developing the disease. But these factors do not guarantee a diagnosis either way—any man is susceptible to prostate cancer. That is why it is important to maintain regular visits with your doctor.

Answer 4

because it's in a warm place in the body.
Most places like breasts, testicles, prostate that are covered for long periods of time by constrictive clothing gets hotter than they should be. You'll find most people who have these cancers usually wear tighter clothing while boxer wearers have fewer cases develop. The body needs to thermoregulate and we as people sometimes don't do what's best for our bodies.

Answer 5

Good question! Unfortunately I don't know the answer, but will be on the lookout for one.

Answer 6

I'm not a Doctor to determine ,But I think bcos IT WORKS SO MUCH ....

Answer 7

Because it's emmersed in feces for decades.