Brief Answer: Part of clinical examination. Detailed Answer: Hello there, Welcome to Healthcare magic, Nice to meet you here, The prostate cancer is diagnosed by clinical examination and Prostate specific antigen. While clinical examination plays a vital role, it is given important. As the prostate palpation plays a crucial role in differentiating it between benign prostatic hypertrophy [inflamed prostate] and prostatic cancer. As the cancer involves the posterior lobe [peripheral zone] of the prostate, it takes the examining surgeon to thrush [jab], in order to confirm is it posterior lobe before withdrawing. As prostate is located deeply and its examination feels uncomfortable for most of the individuals. So kindly bare with him, he just tried to treat your condition only. Hope helped you, Take care. Dr.surendiran.g

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