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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: Urology. 2011 Dec 14;79(4):863–868. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.10.012

Table 1.

Clinicopathologic features of cases by Gleason score at biopsy

Gleason Score at Biopsy

3 + 3 = 6 3 + 4 = 7 4 + 3 = 7 ≥8 P Value
Mean patient age (y) 56.8 58.5 60.7 60.5 .10
Mean prebiopsy PSA (ng/mL) 6.4 5.9 8 7.7 .24
Biopsy
    Mean number of cores/cases 10.9 11.6 9.4 9.2 .07
    Mean % core involvement 16.1 24 19.5 39.2 .002
Prostatectomy
    Mean prostate size (cm) 5.3 4.8 5.1 5.2 .28
    Extraprostatic extension (%) 1 (4) 2 (8) 6 (30) 12 (50) <.001
    Positive surgical margin (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 5 (21) .002
    Seminal vesicle invasion (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (12) .04
    Lymphovascular invasion (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (8) .17
    Lymph node metastasis (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)* 1 (4) .73
*

Lymph node dissection was not done in 1 patient of this group.