‘No place for digital rectal exams’ in general practice
28th January 2016
By Clare Pain
GPs are being actively discouraged from conducting digital rectal examinations (DREs) of asymptomatic men in the new NHMRC-approved prostate cancer testing guidelines, but some are not happy.
The new advice has moved some GPs to recall their training adage: “If you don’t put your finger in it, you’ll put your foot in it.”
One doctor noted he had