Partners play role in prostate screening

Researchers found that among more than 2,400 men ages 40-to-79, those with a family history of prostate cancer were more likely to be regularly screened for the disease over a decade.

However, a closer look at the data showed that this was only true of men who lived with a wife or partner. In fact, high-risk men who lived alone were less likely to get screened than those with no family history of prostate cancer.

The American Cancer Society recommends that men with a family history of prostate cancer get screened for the disease starting at age 45.

These latest findings are published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention.