Funny thing, even though the prostate nodule is the thing that urologists are checking for with a rectal exam…the most common rectal finding in the man who has prostate cancer is a normal feeling gland. With the advent of the PSA prostate cancers are being found before the gland has a palpable finding. A nodule means most probably that the cancer has penetrated the capsule…which is an unfavorable diagnostic finding.
Prostate Diaries 