The influence of genetic and environmental factors on the incidence of prostate cancer in men

Introduction The prostate gland is a small reproductive organ found in men. It consists of 3 zones: central, peripheral and transitional. most common localization cancer elderly men the zone. Prostate one cancers ranks second terms incidence fifth lethality among worldwide. There are many factors that contribute to development We can divide them into two large groups: genetic environmental factors. These include, others: older age, ethnicity / race, positive family history, predisposition, type diet, obesity, smoking or higher height. Each above has different impact on cancer, which been demonstrated basis results numerous studies will be summarized following review. Materiał Methods This review was based available data collected PubMed database, using keywords: „Prostate Cancer”, „Epidemiology Cancer” „Risk Cancer”. Conclusions serious problem affecting all over world. Every year we observe an increasing this disease, makes occurrence but it extremely difficult study their exact cancer. Therefore, new initiatives research should undertaken broadly understand etiology risk