Clinical Study

Comparison of Transperineal Mapping Biopsy Results with Whole-Mount Radical Prostatectomy Pathology in Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer

Table 1

Patient characteristics at initial TRUS-guided biopsy ( ).

PSA (ng/mL), median (IQR)5.6 (4.1–7.0)
Clinical stage, (%)
 T1c13 (76)
 T2a2 (12)
 No cancer2 (12)
Number of cores taken at TRUS biopsy, (%)
 61 (6)
 10–1210 (59)
 >126 (35)
Number of positive cores, (%)
 02 (12)
 113 (76)
 22 (12)
Length of cancer in positive cores (mm),
median (IQR)
1.5 (0.7–2.0)
% of positive cores, (%)
 0%2 (12)
 1–5%11 (65)
 6–10%3 (18)
 >10%1 (6)
Biopsy Gleason score, (%)
1 (6)
 611 (65)
 7 ( )3 (18)
 No cancer2 (12)
Laterality
 Right8 (47)
 Left6 (35)
 Bilateral1 (6)
 No cancer2 (12)
Time between TRUS biopsy and prostatectomy (months), median (IQR)4 (3–6)