OBJECTIVES: To assess, using an Internet-based survey, the practice patterns of primary care physicians in the management of @entity4623 and to assess the differences between family physicians and general internists. @entity263 and @entity1067 are common in the elderly population. The optimal management of these diseases is debated. METHODS: An 18-item survey was designed and administered on an Internet website. Members of the Society of General Internal Medicine and members of the Illinois, North Carolina, and New York chapters of the Academy of Family Physicians were surveyed. RESULTS: A total of 354 responses were obtained from 381 primary care physicians who viewed the survey web page. For @entity1 50 years old and older, 75% of physicians (87% of family physicians and 69% of general internists; P <0.001) recommended @entity263 screening with digital rectal examination and 49% (67% of family physicians and 40% of general internists; P <0.001) recommended @entity263 screening with @entity1486 measurement. For @entity1 diagnosed with @entity263 , 76% of the primary care physicians estimated that less than one half of their @entity1 are seen by a radiation oncologist. For the treatment and/or prevention of @entity263 , 62% of physicians surveyed (76% of family physicians and 55% of general internists; P <0.001) believe there is a potential role for alternative herbal and nutritional therapies. CONCLUSIONS: Compared with general internists, family physicians are more likely to screen for @entity263 and are more likely to believe there is a role for alternative therapies for @entity263 .

Practice trends in the management of XXXX by family practice physicians and general internists: an internet-based survey.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity263 :: ('MESH:D011471', 'Disease') :: ['Prostate cancer', 'prostate cancer', 'annual prostate cancer'] @entity1067 :: ('MESH:D011470', 'Disease') :: ['benign prostatic hyperplasia'] @entity4623 :: ('MESH:D011469', 'Disease') :: ['prostate disease'] @entity1486 :: ('354', 'Gene') :: ['prostate-specific antigen']
@entity4623 :: (MESH:D011469,Disease) :: ['prostate disease']
