Systematic Analysis of Transrectal Prostate Biopsies Using an Ink Method and Specific Histopathologic Protocol: A Prospective Study

Table 3

Relation of the use of resources for each method and sample (mean values).

	Nonink	Ink	Ratio; nonink/ink	Ratio; ink/nonink
H-E levels	5.63	3.00	1.88	0.53
Immunohistochemistry	0.66	0.54	1.22	0.82
Block	6.00	2.00	3.00	0.33
Levels + immunohist.	6.29	3.54	1.78	0.56