Is Routine Digital Rectal Examination Required for the Followup of Prostate Cancer?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-119

  Warren, Katherine S ^a   McFarlane, Jonathan P ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

digital rectal examination; prostate; prostate specific antigen; prostatectomy; prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250191474     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.03.010     Document Type: Review

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