[Practice of precocious diagnosis for prostate cancer among professors of the school of medicine, Minas Gerais Federal University- Brazil].
BACKGROUND
The authors studied the practice of precocious diagnosis for prostate cancer among 289 professor-physicians of the School of Medicine, Minas Gerais Federal University, Brazil.


METHODS
Replies on these preventive practices were received from 135 professor-physicians through a confidential questionnaire administered.


RESULTS
Results show that 20.7% of the professor-physicians "fifty-one years old or more" never had a prostate preventive exam and 36.2% never had a rectal touch.


CONCLUSIONS
This data suggests the need for additional investigation and the attention of the health services.
Miranda
Paulo Sérgio Carneiro
PS
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG. pmiranda@medicina.ufmg.br
Côrtes
Maria da Conceição Juste Werneck
Mda C
Martins
Maria Efigênia
ME
Chaves
Patrícia Carolina
PC
Santarosa
Renata Costa
RC
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D010173:Palpation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012007:Rectum
D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen