Indications

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the United States. Prostate cancer forms in the prostate gland, and can sometimes be felt on digital rectal examination. This is one of the purposes of the digital rectal exam.
Review Date: 03/08/2008
Reviewed By: Christian Stone, MD, Washington University in St. Louis School of
Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare
Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director,
A.D.A.M., Inc.











