Hormone levels may affect the risk of getting prostate cancer. In particular, some researchers suspect that high levels of the growth factor hormone IGF-1 make men more likely to develop the disease. This natural hormone is not inherently negative — it controls cell life and death — but could, in some cases, trigger cancer cell production.

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