EVOLVING SURVEILLANCE IN PROSTATE CANCER: FROM DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMS TO PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN TESTING.
Significance & Background: Before the advent of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing, digital rectal exams (DREs) were the primary method for detecting local recurrence of prostate cancer following definitive treatment. DRE was widely employed after radiation therapy and occasionally after surger...
| Published in: | Oncology Nursing Forum Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 95 - 97 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Oncology Nursing Society
Mar2026
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