The rule of degital rectal examination and prostatic specific antigen in diagnoses of prostate carcenoma

Abstract EN

25 treated in urology department in al hilla teaching hospital in a period 2004-2007 all of them had prostatic nodule, all of them send for PSA ,and all of them undergone prostatic biopsy from the nodule only 15 patients had prostatic carcinoma, 6 patients had BPH, 4 patients had chronic nonspecific nodule.

17 patients of all suspicious DRE had PSA more than 10ng / ml, an 5 patients had PSA range 4ng / ml to less than 10ng / m, land only 3 patients had PSA less than 4ng / ml.

12 patients from a patients with carcinoma of prostate had PSA more than 10ng / ml, tow patients with prostate carcinoma had PSA (4-10ng / mle), only one patient had PSA less than 4 ng / ml.

So we must recommend combination of PSA and DRE in diagnoses of prostatic carcinoma.