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Published in final edited form as: Eur Urol Focus. 2023 Sep 20;10(3):486–488. doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2023.07.011

Table 2 –

5-yr bRFS rate according to the highest grade group at SBx and the highest grade group at RP for the overall population (N = 12 468)

SBx GG 5-yr bRFS, % (95% CI)
Grade group at radical prostatectomy SBx GG
GG 1 GG 2 GG 3 GG 4–5
(n = 2451) (n =
6262)
(n =
2400)
(n = 1355)
GG 1 [n = 2069] [n = 1865] [n = 186] [n = 34] 94 (93–95)
(n = 4154) 97 (96–98) 93 (92–95) 78 (71–85) 61 (46–82)
GG 2 [n = 352] [n = 3535] [n = 700] [n = 71] 82 (80–83)
(n = 4658) 96 (93–98) 85 (83–86) 63 (58–67) 47 (36–61)
GG 3 [n = 26] a [n = 674] [n = 951] [n = 223] 60 (57–63)
(n = 1874) 96 (89–100) 79 (75–83) 52 (49–56) 32 (26–40)
GG 4–5 [n = 4] a [n = 188] [n = 563] [n = 1027] 42 (39–45)
(n = 1782) 100 (100–100) 80 (73–88) 52 (47–57) 30 (27–33)
RP GG 97 (96–98) 87 (86–88) 57 (55–60) 32 (29–35)

bRFS = biochemical recurrence-free survival; SBx = systematic biopsy; RP = radical prostatectomy; GG = International Society of Urological Pathology grade group; CI = confidence interval.

a

Low number of events with unreliable estimate.