Digital rectal examination as a prostate cancer-screening method in a country with a low incidence of prostate cancer

The objective of this study was to evaluate the value of using digital rectal examination (DRE) for prostate cancer diagnosis in an Asian population. Patients with serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels ranging from 2.5 to 19.9 ng/ml underwent transrectal ultrasonography-guided prostate biopsi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases 2007-09, Vol.10 (3), p.250-255
Hauptverfasser:	Shim, H B, Lee, S E, Park, H K, Ku, J H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Factors Aged Antigens Asian people Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Biopsy Cancer Cancer Research Confidence intervals Demographic aspects Diagnosis Digital Rectal Examination Epidemiology Humans Korea - epidemiology Male Mass Screening - methods Medical examination Methods Middle Aged original-article Prostate cancer Prostate-specific antigen Prostate-Specific Antigen - blood Prostatic Neoplasms - blood Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnosis Prostatic Neoplasms - epidemiology Rectum ROC Curve Sensitivity and Specificity Statistical analysis Subgroups Ultrasonography
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Zusammenfassung:	The objective of this study was to evaluate the value of using digital rectal examination (DRE) for prostate cancer diagnosis in an Asian population. Patients with serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels ranging from 2.5 to 19.9 ng/ml underwent transrectal ultrasonography-guided prostate biopsies. Patients were divided into two groups: the normal DRE group ( n =721) and the abnormal DRE group ( n =192). The cancer detection rate was higher in the abnormal DRE group (47.4%) than in the normal DRE group (23.0%) ( P
ISSN:	1365-7852 1476-5608
DOI:	10.1038/sj.pcan.4500944