Abubuwa da yawa na iya kara haɗarin ciwon daji na prostate, kamar, alal misali, kasancewa sama da shekaru 60, samun ciwon kansar mafitsara a cikin iyali, musamman ma cikin dangi na kusa. Kasancewa baƙar fata, wannan nau'in ciwon daji ya fi yawa a cikin baƙar fata. Sha wuya shaye-shaye, ci abinci mai wadataccen mai kuma an fallasa shi da sinadarai irin waɗanda ake samu a fenti, ko cadmium.
Daya daga cikin manyan bayyanar cututtuka Ciwon kansar mafitsara shine wahalar fitar da fitsari, wanda ke fitowa a hankali sama da yadda yake. Da zarar mutumin ya gama, shi ma a kan kari yakan nuna bazuwar sirri na fitsari. Mai haƙuri yana jin cewa ba ya zubar da mafitsara gaba ɗaya yayin fitsari, kuma tana tilasta masa yin ƙoƙari don yin hakan.
Kasancewar jini a cikin fitsari ko maniyyi na iya zama alamar gargaɗi da ke da mahimmanci a sani. Sauran cututtukan cututtukan kanjamau sune ciwon ƙashi da rashin jin daɗi, musamman a ƙashin baya ko ƙashin ƙugu.
Kodayake yawan mutanen da ke fuskantar barazanar kamuwa da cutar sankarar sankara sun hada da maza sama da shekaru 60, amma bayan shekaru 45 al'ada ce a duba lafiyar shekara-shekara don tantance matakan maganin rigakafi mai sujada takamaiman ko PSA a cikin jini. Wannan gwajin yakan sanya damar gano cutar kansar mafitsara a matakin farko, tun ma kafin alamun farko su bayyana.
Idan gwaje-gwaje suka nuna manyan matakan PSA a cikin jini, to likitan urologist zai nemi gwajin dubura ta dijital don duba idan karuwan ya karu da girma ko kuma idan yana da yanayin da bai dace ba.