Oncologist explained the importance of digital rectal examination for men

Oncologist Liliana Isabel Torres explained why it is important for men to undergo a digital rectal examination. She spoke on this topic in a conversation with El Tiempo.

As Torres noted, prostate cancer is a common disease among men. The danger of the pathology is that it can progress unnoticed and have no symptoms, the doctor emphasized.

Torres added that a blood test for prostate-specific antigen and digital rectal examination will help identify malignancy at an early stage. The doctor called these two diagnostic methods a dynamic duet. She explained that it is important to take both tests, since one of them may not show an abnormality, but the other will confirm the presence of the disease.