Analysis of Preoperative Detection for Apex Prostate Cancer by Transrectal Biopsy

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics.

Characteristic	Study population (n = 158)
Age, mean ± SD years	65.26±5.11
PSA, mean ± SD ng/mL	8.86±5.09
PSA F/T, mean ± SD %	14.26±7.66
Clinical T stage
T1c	127 cases
T2a–c	26 cases
T3a	5 cases
Biopsy Gleason score
6	48 cases
7	86 cases
⩾8	24 cases
Prostate volume, mean ± SD mL	30.97±15.20
Operation
ORP	50 cases
LRP	108 cases
Pathologic T stage
T2a–c	98 cases
T3ab	59 cases
T4	1 case
RP Gleason score
6	16 cases
7	120 cases
⩾8	22 cases

PSA: prostate specific antigen, F/T: free-to-total PSA ratio, RP: radical prostatectomy, ORP: open radical prostatectomy, LRP: laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.