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Table 3.

Pathological characteristics of cases of abnormal vs normal DRE

	Suspicious DRE	Normal DRE	p-value
Mean ml tumor vol	3.27	1.72	0.02
% Biopsy Gleason ≥7	11.7	8	0.60
% RRP Gleason ≥7	27.7	23.1	0.67
% Gleason upgrading	19.6	16	0.2
% Positive surgical margins	7.8	7.7	1
% Extracapsular tumor extension	11.8	3.9	0.41
% Seminal vesicle invasion	2	0	1
% Insignificant tumors	20	46	0.019