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Digital Rectal Examination

Known as: Palpation, Rectal, Rectal Palpations, Rectal Examination, Digital 
A physical examination in which the qualified health care worker inserts a lubricated, gloved finger of one hand into the RECTUM and may use the… 
National Institutes of Health

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2016
2016
Efficient Local Level Set Method without Reinitialization and Its Appliance to Topology Optimization
The local level set method (LLSM) is higher than the LSMs with global models in computational efficiency, because of the use of… 
2006
2006
A (-5, -7) proPSA based artificial neural network to detect prostate cancer.
2004
2004
Screening decreases prostate cancer death: first analysis of the1988  Quebec Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 16 August 2004 181 4 213-214 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2004 www.mja.com… 
1999
1999
Targeted Expression of the DNA Binding Domain of DRE-Binding Factor, a Drosophila Transcription Factor, Attenuates DNA Replication of the Salivary Gland and Eye Imaginal Disc
ABSTRACT The promoters of Drosophila genes encoding DNA replication-related proteins contain transcription regulatory elements… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
A Nucleotide Sequence Essential for the Function of DRE, a Common Promoter Element for Drosophila DNA Replication-related Genes (*)
Promoter regions of the Drosophila proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) gene and the DNA polymerase α 180-kDa catalytic… 
1994
1994
The use of prostate specific antigen density to improve the sensitivity of prostate specific antigen in detecting prostate carcinoma
Background. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is useful as a tumor marker for monitoring patients with prostate cancer after… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
The human estrogen receptor structural gene contains a DNA sequence that binds activated mouse and human Ah receptors: a possible mechanism of estrogen receptor regulation by 2,3,7,8…
TCDD decreases ER levels in vitro and in vivo, possibly through down-regulation of the ER structural gene, although the actual… 
1991
1991
Early detection program for prostate cancer: results and identification of high-risk patient population.
1986
1986
Patient's and doctor's delay in carcinoma of the colon and rectum
Despite sophisticated diagnostic equipment and modern surgical therapy, the prognosis for patients with colorectal carcinoma has… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Accuracy in preoperative estimation of prostatic size. A comparative evaluation of rectal palpation, intravenous pyelography, urethral closure pressure profile recording and cystourethroscopy.
In a prospective study of 75 patients with prostatic hypertrophy a comparison was undertaken of the accuracy in estimates of… 
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