Patients' perceptions of pain and discomfort during digital rectal exam for prostate cancer screening;Percepción de dolor y molestias por el paciente durante el tacto rectal en el cribaje de cáncer de próstata

Archivos Espanoles de Urologia

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 850-854

  Romero, Frederico Ramalho ^a,b,c   Romero, Antônio Wilson ^a,b,c   Filho, Thadeu Brenny ^c   Bark, Nageib Mamedio ^a,c   Yamazaki, David Shinobu ^a   De Oliveira Júnior, Fernando César ^a  

^a Núcleo de Atenção à Saúde Instituto Curitiba de Saúde ICS   (Brazil)

^b Urology Service Hospital Policlínica   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Sao Vicente   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Pain; Prostate cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MICTURITION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSTATE TUMOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINATION;

EID: 58249089678     PISSN: 00040614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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