Coronavirus disease 2019 and the cancellation of face-to-face prostate cancer active surveillance clinic reviews: Does the omission of digital rectal examination alone put patients at risk of missed detection of disease progression?

Gianluca Maresca,Akintobi Akinlua,Kevin Wardlaw,Graham MacDonald,Justine Royle

Coronavirus disease 2019 and the cancellation of face-to-face prostate cancer active surveillance clinic reviews: Does the omission of digital rectal examination alone put patients at risk of missed detection of disease progression?

2021

Gianluca Maresca
Akintobi Akinlua
Kevin Wardlaw
Graham MacDonald
Justine Royle

Objectives:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in the cancellation or postponement of face-to-face clinic appointments, meaning patients on active surveillance (AS) for lo...

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Coronavirus
Rectal examination
Prostate cancer
2019 20 coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus disease 2019
active treatment
Internal medicine
Medicine
disease progression
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