Kirby, Mike;
Merriel, Samuel WD;
Olajide, Oluwabunmi;
Norman, Alexander;
Vasdev, Nikhil;
Hanchanale, Vishwanath;
Cain, Michelle;
... Rylance, Amy; + view all
(2024)
Is the digital rectal exam any good as a prostate cancer screening test?
British Journal of General Practice (BJGP)
, 74
(740)
pp. 137-139.
10.3399/bjgp24X736677.
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Abstract
There is no shortage of references in popular culture to the prostate examination, with many a laugh built on the punchline of the finger up the bum. Interestingly, while cervical, breast, or bowel screening share barriers to uptake around the intimacy of the examination, ‘ick-factor’, or cultural taboos, they have never become comedy tropes — reflecting the uniquely emasculating perception of the rectal examination.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Is the digital rectal exam any good as a prostate cancer screening test? |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3399/bjgp24X736677 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp24x736677 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Primary Health Care, Medicine, General & Internal, General & Internal Medicine |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Med Phys and Biomedical Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10220507 |
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