MEN have been warned against relying on at-home prostate tests, as they could give inconsistent or misleading results. The ...

The firm said that its MyProstateScore 2.0 test delivers equivalent performance with samples collected at home or collected following digital rectal examination.

A new at-home urine test for prostate cancer developed by Michigan researchers aims to encourage more men to undergo ...

One area where this transformation is particularly evident is prostate cancer screening. For decades, the Digital Rectal Exam (DRE) has been a fundamental component of prostate cancer detection.

Serious causes of rectal pressure are less common and include diverticulitis, rectal prolapse, and anal cancer. Pressure in the rectum can feel like a need to move your bowels. It can also feel like ...

The 18-gene MyProstateScore 2.0 (MPS2) test using first-catch non-digital rectal examination (DRE) urine is highly sensitive for grade group (GG) ≥2 prostate cancer and can improve the proportion of ...

A rectal spacer is a gel that doctors inject between the prostate and rectum before radiation therapy to specifically target and reduce side effects of the treatment such as bladder leakage and rectal ...

Back in the day, it’s true… doctors testing for the disease were likely to pop on a bright blue surgical glove and perform a rectal exam, to check for any enlargement up there. But those days ...

The Gleason score is 6 with a grade of 1. A digital rectal exam (DRE) or ultrasound will not reveal a tumor. However, routine screening can detect cancer at this stage, making early treatment ...

All infants had rectal and axillary temperatures measured in immediate succession using a digital thermometer on NICU admission. Outcome measures Admission rectal and axillary temperatures. Results ...