title: [Practice of precocious diagnosis for prostate cancer among professors of the school of medicine, Minas Gerais Federal University- Brazil].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG. pmiranda@medicina.ufmg.br
authors.forename: Paulo Sérgio Carneiro
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Maria da Conceição Juste Werneck
authors.initials: Mda C
authors.lastname: Côrtes
authors.forename: Maria Efigênia
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Patrícia Carolina
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Chaves
authors.forename: Renata Costa
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Santarosa
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen