How Prostate Examination Is Done?

Prostate examination is very important in the early diagnosis of prostate enlargement or prostate cancer. In addition to how the prostate examination is done, the timing of the prostate examination is also very important.

An annual prostate examination is recommended after age 40 for men with a family history of prostate cancer and after age 45 for men without a family history of prostate cancer.

In addition to prostate cancer, the problem of benign prostate enlargement (prostatic hyperplasia) can cause complaints that will negatively affect the daily life comfort of the patient. In order to eliminate these complaints at an early stage, digital rectal examination, measurement of PSA value in the blood, urinalysis, measurement of creatinine value in the blood, measurement of urine flow rate and radiological methods such as ultrasound and MRI are used to determine the risk of prostate cancer.

What Is Digital Rectal Examination?

Digital rectal examination is the rectal examination of the prostate using finger. Many patients approach the digital rectal examination method, which is still the gold standard in the diagnosis of prostate cancer, with prejudice. In addition to blood and urine tests and state-of-the-art radiological diagnostic methods, rectal digital examination is of great importance even today for the evaluation of the degree of stiffness of the prostate gland.