Can a man of around 25 get Prostate Cancer?

kingfisherblue

splishsplash wrote: »

I'm a bit fascinated by these answers, because I have to admit I would have thought it was exceptionally rare in a 25year old - can you please give links to your sources as Google seems to be letting me down tonight p&ty.

Even though prostate cancer may be rare in younger men, it isn't impossible that some people will get it. Cervical cancer isn't common in younger women, and smear tests are not generally available for women under 25, but a couple of years ago, a young mother in my town died from it - I think she was 23.

So even when a cancer is rare in younger people, it does still happen.

ETA: link for young woman who dies of cervical cancer, despite it being rare in women in their twenties:
http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/15534844
http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/4570581.Courageous_mum_dies_on_day_she_makes_cervical_cancer_plea/

kitschkitty

Exactly there is a difference between is it common, and is it actually possible.

My sister died age 19 of a rare type of cancer that less than half a dozen people in the UK had, and they were all in their old age (70-80)+ It was pretty much unheard of for anyone her age to have this type of cancer.

If you don't know someone well it can be hard to know if you can trust them, and unfortunately, some people are very good liars. Try to trust your instincts, and work out if things sound sensible and plausible and make sense. Oh and don't give money or any thing else you couldn't afford/stand to lose to a stranger!

kingfisherblue

kitschkitty wrote: »

Exactly there is a difference between is it common, and is it actually possible.

My sister died age 19 of a rare type of cancer that less than half a dozen people in the UK had, and they were all in their old age (70-80)+ It was pretty much unheard of for anyone her age to have this type of cancer.

If you don't know someone well it can be hard to know if you can trust them, and unfortunately, some people are very good liars. Try to trust your instincts, and work out if things sound sensible and plausible and make sense. Oh and don't give money or any thing else you couldn't afford/stand to lose to a stranger!

That's the point I was trying to make, but you have said it so much better than I did.

Not cancer, but my daughter had a bone tumour a few years ago. This particular type of tumour accounted for less than 2% of bone tumours, and of those, three quarters of children who had them were boys. So it was rare, but not impossible.

Also not cancer, my son has Down's syndrome and was born with a variety of abnormalities, mainly of the digestive tract. Two of the abnormalities affect one child in 3000, another affects one in 40,000, and the fourth is so rare that the hospital couldn't give me a statistic. To get the first two together is not uncommon. To get the first two plus one other is very rare, no statisitics available. To get all four is virtually unheard of - Alder Hey Hospital have never had anybody, to their knowledge, with all four abnormalities except for my son. Incidentally, these statistics are for all children, not just those with Down's syndrome - so to have them as well as DS, again, virtually unheard of. But as my son proves, not impossible.

jojo_2012_2

Yes they can, but is IS uncommon in someone that young and I imagine someone they might go undiagnosed until things had progressed unless they've got a very thorough GP.

I work in urology cancer clinics, we're surprised when we see someone in their 40's with a high PSA or a diagnosis.

On the flipside one consultant told me 80% of people over 70 have prostate cancer, they just pop their clogs before they ever suffer symptoms worth reporting. It can progress really slowly and some but real fast in others

I_know_my_ABC_and_my_CMYK

splishsplash wrote: »

I'm a bit fascinated by these answers, because I have to admit I would have thought it was exceptionally rare in a 25year old - can you please give links to your sources as Google seems to be letting me down tonight p&ty.

I personnaly know a guy who had prostrate cancer at 19/20 . He lost one of his testicles and went through chemo therapy and radio (?) therapy.

He went on to father a daughter with the woman who he married after.

So, yes this type of cancer can strike very young men as well as older men. Hes still alive today at 53 years old.

yalisrib

Virtually every cancer can occur to anyone at any age in any part of the body. What gets me is the 'oh, it wont happen to you' attitude. I know a guy in his 20s who had breast cancer but had to keep it secret from his mates. At least his person is talking about it as opposed to being asahmed of his ilness

I_love_Harrison

jojo_2012 wrote: »

Yes they can, but is IS uncommon in someone that young and I imagine someone they might go undiagnosed until things had progressed unless they've got a very thorough GP.

I work in urology cancer clinics, we're surprised when we see someone in their 40's with a high PSA or a diagnosis.

On the flipside one consultant told me 80% of people over 70 have prostate cancer, they just pop their clogs before they ever suffer symptoms worth reporting. It can progress really slowly and some but real fast in others

My dad has high PSA level's & has done for quite a few year's now, he's (62) & has to take medications so he can pee, he has also been prescribed Viagra.

He's been having annual reviews for year's now but none of us (family) really understand what's going on as he's been told that he may have the early symptom's of prostate cancer but it's still too small to be able to diagnose (at least that's what he keep's telling us) he's had all sorts of horrible test's done.

Could this be likely? Is there still a chance he has nothing wrong with him?

I don't know if he is just down playing it because he doesn't want to upset us.

tuggy12

robpw2 wrote: »

prostate cancer is common in the young too , it often goes undiagnosed though because people are too shy to talk about it

Dr robpw2 gets it wrong again!

http://www.prostate-cancer.org.uk/information/prostate-cancer/who-is-at-risk

Prostate cancer mainly affects men over the age of 50 and your risk increases with age. The average age for men to be diagnosed with prostate cancer is between 70 and 74 years. If you are under 50 then your risk of getting prostate cancer is very low. Younger men can be affected, but this is rare.

tuggy12

I_know_my_ABC_and_my_CMYK wrote: »

I personnaly know a guy who had prostrate cancer at 19/20 . He lost one of his testicles and went through chemo therapy and radio (?) therapy.

He went on to father a daughter with the woman who he married after.

So, yes this type of cancer can strike very young men as well as older men. Hes still alive today at 53 years old.

First of all it's prostate cancer not prostrate cancer and secondly prostate cancer has nothing to do with the testicles.

I would speculate your friend had testicular cancer, which is more common in younger men.

http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancerstats/types/testis/incidence/#By

skintandscared_2

It's perfectly possible for a man of 25 to have prostate cancer, but can I ask - is this person telling you this because they want something from you?