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) 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 ...

A common method of detecting prostate cancer may not be accurate enough as a reliable screening tool by itself, scientists have warned. The digital rectal exam (DRE) is widely used by medical ...

A digital rectal exam (DRE) is a way to check for signs of prostate cancer. For this exam a physician inserts a gloved, lubricated finger into your rectum to: Feel your prostate gland Assess the ...

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 ...

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Phase I study of imatinib mesylate (IM) and sorafenib (S) in patients (pts) with refractory castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Background: A digital rectal examination (DRE) is less commonly ...

With the advent of more reliable and accurate ways to screen for prostate cancer, such as PSA testing and prostate MRI, the authors argue that it is time to stop the “antiquated practice” of the ...

Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The finger-up-the-bottom examination for prostate cancer has been drawn into question. An international panel of ...

According to the American Cancer Society, Black men are one and a half times more likely to get prostate cancer than Caucasian men. And if Black men develop prostate cancer, they are twice as likely ...