Is DRE essential for the follow up of prostate cancer patients? A prospective audit of 194 patients

BMC Urology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ragavan, Narasimhan ^a   Sangar, Vijay K ^a   Gupta, Sujoy ^a   Herdman, Jennifer ^a   Matanhelia, Shyam S ^a   Watson, Michael E ^a   Blades, Rosemary A ^a  

^a LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NURSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA;

AGED; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 14544300994     PISSN: 14712490     EISSN: 14712490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2490-5-1     Document Type: Article

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