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DREDirect Recording Electronic (electronic voting machine)
DREDepartment of Real Estate
DREDigital Rectal Examination
DREDrug Recognition Expert
DREDirector of Religious Education
DREDepartment of Religious Education (various locations)
DREDirection Régionale de l'Equipement (French: Regional Directorate of Equipment)
DREDefect Removal Efficiency (quality metric)
DREDistributed Realtime and Embedded
DREData Routing Element
DREDigital Ranging Equipment
DREDirect Recording Electronic
DREDirect Radiative Effect (aerosols)
DREDestruction and Removal Efficiency (measurement of number of molecules of a compound removed or destroyed in an incinerator)
DREData Redundancy Elimination (Cisco)
DREDeployment Readiness Exercise (security)
DREDIRECTV Residential Experience (hotel TV service)
DREDelivering Race Equality (mental health)
DREDirectors of Religious Education
DREDisk Read Error
DREDivision Real Estate (various locations)
DREDynamic Reasoning Engine
DREDense Rock Equivalent
DREDistributed Real-time and Embedded system
DREDefense Research and Engineering
DREDefence Research Establishment
DREDigital Radio Express (California)
DREdiagnosis-related estimate
DREDoctor of Religious Education
DREDrummond Island, Michigan (Airport Code)
DREData Reverse Engineering workshop
DREDirectional Reservation Equipment
DREDesign Responsible Engineer
DREDilated Retinal Exam (tests for diabetic retinopathy)
DREDrug Resistant Epilepsy
DREDead Reckoning Equipment
DREDucted Rocket Engine
DREDefensive Right End (football)
DREDead Reckoning Error
DREDelta Ray Edge (Mega Man Battle Network 3/4)
DREDoor, Roll-Up, Electric
DREDiabetic Retinal Examination
DREDirectorate for Readiness
DREDon Ron Entertainment
DREDetailed Report of Excavation
DREDistrict Reserve Equipment
DREDirector of Research and Engineering (Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition)
DREDunlop Renewable Energy Ltd (Kelowna, BC, Canada)
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Early detection of high-grade prostate cancer using digital rectal examination (DRE) in men with a prostate-specific antigen level of <2.5 ng/mL and the risk of death.
CAVEATS OF PROSTATE CANCER DIAGNOSIS: DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY STUDY OF DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION, PROSTATE VOLUME AND PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN
The role of the digital rectal examination in subsequent screening visits in the European randomized study of screening for prostate cancer (ERSPC), Rotterdam.
A finger or not? Prostate examinations by non-urologists at a South African academic institution
Moreover, since mostly serum PSA levels are normal, digital rectal examination may be the only tool that can provide early diagnosis for prostate carcinosarcoma in patients under hormonal treatment.
Prostatic Carcinosarcoma: A Case Report/Prostat Karsinosarkomu: Olgu Sunumu
Prostate specific antigen versus digital rectal examination as screening for ca prostate in Sudanese patients.
Clinicopathological correlation of serum prostate specific antigen levels in patients of prostatomegaly in a tertiary care hospital
There was no pathology at the digital rectal examination. There was no characteristic in the history and family history of the patient.
Synchronous Occurrence of Primary Breast Carcinoma and Primary Colon Adenocarcinoma
Study inclusion criteria were prostate specific antigen 4 ug/L or greater, abnormal digital rectal examination and/ or TRUS suspicious lesions.
Advantages of caudal block over intrarectal local anesthesia plus periprostatic nerve block for transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy
Digital rectal examination revealed a large firm non-tender midline swelling in the prostate.
Prostatic utricle cyst with chronic prostatitis
The PSA test is accompanied by a digital rectal examination, which screens for lumps or irregularities.
Prostate cancer rates decreasing as screening declines: some experts question the wisdom of reduced screening
A digital rectal examination revealed a foreign body lying transversely across the anus about 2.5 cm from the anal verge.
Case report
Testing PSA levels along with digital rectal examination (a doctor passes a gloved finger after applying a lubricant in patient's rectum and feels the prostate for hardness and irregularity) increases the chances of diagnosis at an earlier stage.
Doctor's column: Prostate cancer
On examination, his vitals were stable, abdominal examination revealed a distended bladder and digital rectal examination revealed an immobile, nontender, extra luminal soft, cystic mass within pelvis anterior to the rectum.
Pelvic hydatid cyst: A rare case report
"The combination of these two methods is necessary as the EU does not consider the PSA as an exclusive tool for screening, but stresses that for a comprehensive diagnosis additional tests are always necessary, like the digital rectal examination and ultrasound," Patsalis said.
Four hundred new cases of prostate cancer a year
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