In Romania, more than 95% of @entity1 present with advanced @entity5 at the time of diagnosis. Our purpose was to detect early @entity263 in the Romanian city of Oradea, with a screening based on digital rectal examination and fine needle aspiration biopsy. We performed digital rectal examinations on 701 @entity1 , between 50 to 80 years of age. Four @entity1 with a history of @entity263 were excluded from the study. Transrectal fine-needle aspiration biopsies were done in 15 @entity1 who presented with suspicious findings at the digital rectal examination. @entity263 was cytologically proven in eleven @entity1 . Nine of these were low- to intermediate grade ( @entity1605 ) and clinically localized (T2). Two @entity1 had clinical stage T3 @entity5 . The @entity263 detection rate in the screened population was 1.6% (11/697). Currently, eight @entity1 have undergone total retropubic prostatectomy. One @entity1 presented with pelvic lymph node @entity3 and, after a staging lymphadenectomy, only a bilateral orchiectomy was performed. This first Romanian mass screening study for @entity263 revealed a great interest in early @entity5 detection among the general public. Continued effort to make asymptomatic @entity1 aware of the disease may ultimately lead to an overall stage reduction at the time of diagnosis in Romania.

Screening for XXXX in Romania.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'men'] @entity1605 :: ('OMIM:217000', 'Disease') :: ['GI-II'] @entity263 :: ('MESH:D011471', 'Disease') :: ['prostate cancer', 'Prostate cancer'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['stage prostate cancer', 'cancer', 'tumors'] @entity3 :: ('MESH:D009362', 'Disease') :: ['metastases']
@entity263 :: (MESH:D011471,Disease) :: ['prostate cancer']
