When treatments are worse than the disease – Treatment deception, prostate cancer hoax. You will recall from the articles “Unreliable PSA-based Screening Prostate Cancer Hoax Part 1”, “Unreliable Biopsy & Imaging Reports Prostate Cancer Hoax P.2” and the “Prostate MRI study, Prostate Cancer Hoax P.3” that there are very significant concerns about PSA-based screening, ultrasound-guided […]
the PROSTATE EXAM or DRE
Bert Vorstman MD, MS, FAAP, FRACS, FACS The prostate exam, also known as the DRE (digital rectal exam), is considered a normal part of a man’s physical examination. However, aside from this DRE prostate exam being considered “standard” by physicians and, expected by men as part of their testing, the DRE is highly subjective and […]