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Are You at Risk for Developing Prostate Cancer?

This year alone, prostate cancer will strike more than 200,000 men in the United States. About 30,000 men will die of this disease. Could you be at risk for developing prostate cancer? Take our risk assessment screen and find out!

Please note: This risk assessment screen assumes that you are male and that you have not been previously diagnosed with cancer or other abnormalities of the prostate gland.

To take this quiz, complete the questions below. Then click on the "Done" button.

  1. How old are you?
    30 years old or less     31 to 50 years old    51 to 70 years old     71 years old or more
  2. What is your ancestry?
    African-American    Asian    Caucasian    Hispanic    Native American    Other
  3. Has your father, brother, uncle or grandfather (blood relatives only) ever been diagnosed with prostate cancer?
    Yes    No
  4. With respect to your weight, do you consider yourself to be:
    Very thin    Thin    About normal    Somewhat overweight    Obese
  5. How often do you eat fast food such as hamburgers and french fries, pizza, fried chicken, take-out Mexican food, take-out Chinese food or movie theater popcorn?
    Less than once a week    Two to three times a week    Four to five times a week    Once a day    Two to three times a day or more
  6. How often do you eat other high-fat foods, such as potato chips, any other fried foods, ice cream, or other high-fat sweets?
    Less than once a week    Two to three times a week    Four to five times a week    Once a day    Two to three times a day or more
  7. How often do you eat fruits or vegetables?
    Less than once a week    Two to three times a week    Four to five times a week    Once a day    Two to three times a day or more
  8. Do you smoke?
    Yes    No
  9. Do you receive yearly screening for prostate cancer by your physician?
    Yes    No

Sources:

The Prostate Cancer Resource Center
American Cancer Society: Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines. 2004

This screening assessment was reviewed and updated June 2007.


Mon, Dec 1, 2008



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