Definitions for "Digital rectal examination"
Keywords:  gloved, dre, rectum, rectal, prostate
A screening procedure for prostate cancer and colorectal cancer. The physician feels the rectal wall and assesses its smoothness; abnormalities are evaluated by other procedures, generally including biopsy and examination by a pathologist.
rectal examination of the prostate gland by the insertion of a finger into the rectum to feel the glandâ€(tm)s size, shape and mobility
Highly important prostate examination; the examining physician inserts a gloved finger into a patient's rectum and feels for any abnormality present on the outer lobes of the prostate. The procedure is also used to obtain prostatic fluid samples for laboratory analysis.