TY - JOUR T1 - A new approach to patients with lower urinary tract symptoms JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 408 LP - 408 DO - 10.3399/bjgp12X653543 VL - 62 IS - 601 AU - William Hamilton Y1 - 2012/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/62/601/408.1.abstract N2 - In their otherwise excellent editorial on lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), Blanker et al made two surprising assertions.1 They recommend rectal examination, especially when patients fear prostate cancer, but state that its objective value is limited. I presume they mean by this that rectal examination is poor at discriminating between benign and malignant prostatic disease. I agree. … ER -