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Post Prostatectomy 6 years. PSA <.01 until now. Anyone else?
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@diverjer
A bill.
Australia just announced they will no longer do DRE‘s. Plenty of other ways to figure out whether somebody has prostate cancer.
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@jeffmarc
Guess I am way behind, before my long time PCP retired the DRE was done even on my Wellness test. Actually his wellness visit was a full physical, not like today when they just talk to you. Then I found this on a Google search:
(DREs) are generally not recommended by major U.S. health organizations like the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force as a standalone or primary screening test for prostate cancer due to a lack of evidence proving a net benefit compared to blood tests.