作者: James Duthie , Helen Freeborn , Declan G. Murphy
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-2766-6_3
关键词: Prostate cancer screening 、 General surgery 、 Rectal examination 、 Medicine
摘要: Despite advances in imaging techniques, and evaluation of blood urine markers, the digital rectal examination (DRE) remains a cornerstone urological assessment. Barriers to effective DRE remain embarrassment (of both patient, clinician), lack thorough assessment (the “nominal” examination), experience causes misinterpretation results. An abnormal almost always requires further investigation.