Prostate cancer physical examination

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Physical Examination

Appearance of the Patient

• Cancer cachexia

=Skin

• Pallor

Extremities

• Anesthesia in the lower limbs
• Paresis in the lower limbs
• Lower-extremity lymphedema
• Bony tenderness

Abdomen

• Suprapubic palpation of bladder

Digital rectal examination

• Asymmetrical boggy mass with the change of texture may be palpated in the anterior wall of the rectum