Research Article

Quantifying the Ki-67 Heterogeneity Profile in Prostate Cancer

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

TotalNCCN lowNCCN interNCCN high

Number of patients77313016
Mean age (years)66.865.765.870.6
Age range44–8244–7651–8258–82
Mean PSA (ng/dL)7.74.97.2214.1
PSA range0.51–36.20.51–9.70.8–152.3–36.2
T1A-C63 (82%)30 (97%)28 (93%)5 (31%)
T2A14 (18%)1 (3%)2 (7%)11 (69%)
T2B+0000
Gleason 634 (44%)31 (100%)3 (10%)0
Gleason 727 (35%)027 (90%)0
Gleason 8–1016 (21%)0016 (100%)
Biopsy-positive cores with Ki-67 stain2686610597
Mean cores per patient3.482.133.506.06
Intraprostatic: patients with ≥2 Ki-67 values47161912
Intralesion: lesions with ≥2 MRI targeted cores3871516