Fatherhood Linked to Prostate cancer

Danish scientists have found through a 35 year study that the risk of developing prostate cancer in married men is higher that in unmarried ones. The study started through interviews and exams followed by the extensive 35year follow ups that showed, men with less children having the highest risks of developing prostate cancer. Unmarried men and those with more than one children have lower Prostate cancer risks but the idea that becoming a father increases you risk of getting the disease is a controversial one. More studies are being conducted to understand other factors that might have affected the study such as underlying biologic, environmental, social and behavioral factors that may have caused such results for linking fatherhood with prostate cancer is a very controversial claim.