Table 1.

Result of repeat biopsy at 1 year after entering the AS study

	No. of patients (%)
Reclassification	25 (37.3)
Only no. of positive cores >2	10 (14.9)
Only Gleason score (GS) >6	4 (6.0)
Only  % of maximum cancer involvement ≥50 %	1 (1.5)
GS >6 and no. of positive cores >2	3 (4.5)
GS >6 and  % of maximum cancer involvement ≥50 %	2 (3.0)
GS >6, no. of positive cores >2 and  % of maximum cancer involvement ≥50 %	5 (7.5)
Non-reclassification	42 (62.7)
No cancer	23 (34.3)

% of maximum cancer involvement; occupancy of maximum cancer length (mm)/total core length (mm) in positive biopsy specimen × 100 (%)