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.