Clinical Study

Analysis of Preoperative Detection for Apex Prostate Cancer by Transrectal Biopsy

Table 2

Presence of cancer in each location of all 158 radical prostatectomy patients.

ā€‰Anterior Posterior Ant or post

Apex122 (77%) 78 (49%) 134 (85%)
Middle 83 (53%) 81 (51%) 122 (77%)
Base 21 (13%) 22 (13%) 35 (22%)
TZ 25 (16%) 18 (11%) 35 (22%)
Any section 135 (85%) 120 (76%) ā€”

Ant: anterior, post: posterior.