title: [Is it time to abandon the digital rectal examination?]
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Urologie, Uroonkologie und Kinderurologie, Universitätsklinik Essen, Essen, Deutschland. jochen.hess@uk-essen.de.
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heß
mesh_terms: D051517:Digital Rectal Examination; D006801:Humans; D010808:Physical Examination; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms; D012007:Rectum
chemical_list: D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen