ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2024
Is the digital rectal exam any good as a prostate cancer screening test?
Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Delphi consensus on ex vivo fluorescence confocal microscopy in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.BJU international · 2026Article
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- Barriers and facilitators to prostate cancer healthcare in Black men in the UK: from diagnosis to survivorship.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Ten-Year Trends in Digital Rectal Exam Results and Prostate Cancer Detection: Insights from the PLCO Trial.Research and reports in urology · 2025Article
- Management and Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Symptoms: Current Insights.Research and reports in urology · 2025Review
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- Optimising the use of the prostate- specific antigen blood test in asymptomatic men for early prostate cancer detection in primary care: report from a UK clinical consensus.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2024Article
- The contemporary management of prostate cancer.CA: a cancer journal for cliniciansReview
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