Table 3.
Cancer characteristics diagnosed with 6, 12 and 21 biopsy cores.
| site
|
p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 cores | 12 cores | 21 cores | |||
| D’Amico classification | Low | 139 (47) | 65 (62) | 24 (58) | 0.053 |
| Intermediate | 126 (42) | 33 (31) | 14 (35) | ||
| High | 32 (11) | 7 (7) | 3 (7) | ||
| GS on BC, n (%) | <7 | 179 (60) | 92 (88) | 31 (76) | 0.001 |
| 7 | 106 (36) | 13 (12) | 9 (22) | ||
| >7 | 12 (4) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | ||
| pGrade 4, n (%) | No | 171 (57) | 87 (83) | 33 (80) | 0.001 |
| Yes | 126 (43) | 18 (17) | 8 (20) | ||
| 8 or more Gleason score on pathology | No | 258 (87) | 97 (92) | 38 (93) | 0.19 |
| Yes | 39 (13) | 8 (8) | 3 (7) | ||
| Caspule invasion, n (%) | No | 171 (57) | 81 (77) | 33 (80) | 0.001 |
| Yes | 126 (43) | 24 (23) | 8 (20) | ||
| SV invasion, n (%) | No | 268 (90) | 101 (96) | 39 (95) | 0.10 |
| Yes | 29 (10) | 4 (4) | 2 (5) | ||
| N+, n (%) | No | 287 (97) | 104 (99) | 41 (100) | 0.21 |
| Yes | 10 (3) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | ||
| PM, n (%) | No | 215 (72) | 82 (78) | 31 (76) | 0.43 |
| Yes | 82 (28) | 23 (22) | 10 (24) | ||
| DRE, n (%) | T1C | 240 (81) | 93 (88) | 42 (98) | 0.22 |
| T2A | 54 (18) | 12 (12) | 1 (2) | ||
| T2C | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| T3 | 2 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Progression, n (%) | No | 244 (82) | 97 (92) | 37 (90) | 0.02 |
| Yes | 53 (18) | 8 (8) | 4 (10) | ||
BC: Biopsy core, GS: Gleason Score, N+: positive Node on pathology, PM: Positive Margins, DRE: Digital Rectal Examination, SV: Seminal Vesicle.