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## Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is **the most common cancer among Australian men**.

- The occurrence of prostate cancer is the highest among men between the ages of 35 and 69.

### What's the risk?

The chance of developing prostate cancer increases with age.

- 1 in 7 men will get prostate cancer by the time they are 75 years old and 1 in 5 by the time they are 85 years old.

A **family history of prostate cancer may increase the chance of someone developing prostate cancer**. This **risk increases** if more than one male relative has prostate cancer and/or if a male relative **was diagnosed when they were young**.

#### A risk to retirement and pre-retirement income generation

- One in four men stopped working as a result of their prostate cancer diagnosis and out of those who retired, **most had done so 4 to 5 years earlier than they had planned** as a result of their diagnosis.

Read our article about unexpected cognitive declione post-prostate cancer called [Prostate cancer surgery and its disturbing new link to business risk](https://mail.finallysorted.com.au/blog/prostate-cancer-surgery-and-its-new-link-to-business-risk)

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