Is the digital rectal exam any good as a prostate cancer screening test?

Kirby, Mike, Merriel, Sam, Olajide, Oluwabunmi, Norman, Alexander, Vasdev, Nikhil, Hanchanale, Vishwanath, Cain, Michelle, Wilkinson, Malcom, Stephens, Harley, Victor, Debbie, Kinnaird, William, Tree, Alison, Challapalli, Amarnath and Rylance, Amy (2024) Is the digital rectal exam any good as a prostate cancer screening test? British Journal of General Practice, 74: 740. pp. 137-139. ISSN 0960-1643
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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.
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