Research Article

Diagnostic Accuracy of Robot-Guided, Software Based Transperineal MRI/TRUS Fusion Biopsy of the Prostate in a High Risk Population of Previously Biopsy Negative Men

Table 1

Patient characteristics at MonaLisa biopsy ( patients, MRI lesions).

Mean/±SD/median/IQR

Age (years)65.8/7.3/66.0/60.0–71.8
PSA (ng/ml)9.9/5.9/8.8/5.7–13.04
MRI prostate volume (ml)57.6/26.6/49.3/37.8–73.3
Number of lesions/patient ()2.6/1.5/2.0/1.0–4.0
MRI lesion volume (ml)0.6/0.7/0.3/0.2–0.6
Number of biopsies (total)/patient ()39.8/40.0/36.3–43.0
Number of target biopsies/patient10.2/4.8/9.0/6.0–14.0
Target biopsy density (/ml lesion volume)12.4/8.9/10.3/6.5–15.8
Number of random biopsies/patient30.0/5.6/32.0/24.0–32.0

PSA: prostate specific antigen; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging.