Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “[Digital rectal exams are] frequently incorporated as part of a routine primary care examination in men,” Leen ...

Digital rectal examination (DRE) inadequately identifies risk for prostate cancer on a population level, according to a meta-analysis that compared DRE indications of elevated risk with biopsy ...

A study by the Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna of MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital has taken a closer look at the effectiveness of common examination methods for the early detection of ...

Like most men, I'll never forget my first time. I was 50-ish. On command, I dropped my drawers and bent over the examining table. I heard the snap of the gloves and I felt some resistance as an index ...

Digital rectal examination (DRE) is neither helpful nor useful as a solitary prostate cancer screening tool in middle-aged men, say investigators reporting the PROBASE study. The study compared ...

In an audio CME program on preventive care, the lecturer on prostate cancer stated that “prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is recommended for screening; digital rectal examination (DRE) has no real ...

The Prostate Health Index (phi) is a cost-effective tool used by urologists to detect prostate cancer. It reduces the risk of over diagnosis, and cuts down on the need to send men for unnecessary and ...

A study by the Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna of MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital has taken a closer look at the effectiveness of common examination methods for the early detection of ...

Serum c-erbB-2 ectodomain (ECD) correlates with immunohistochemical c-erbB-2 expression and predicts an aggressive clinical outcome in hormone-independent prostate cancer (HIPC) patients (pts) treated ...

To date, there is only a limited amount of information on the significance of using DREs for prostate cancer diagnosis among Asian men. The objective of this study was to evaluate DREs for prostate ...