Table 1.

Clinical features of all patients

Sample type and clinical features	Experiment type (cases)
	qRT-PCR	IHC
Prostate cancer	26	98
Mean age (years)
<60	20	62
≥60	6	36
Serum PSA levels (ng/mL)
<4	5	16
≥4	21	82
Gleason score
<8	24	87
≥8	2	11
Clinical stage
<T2A	17	59
≥T2A	9	39
Metastasis	0	5
Adjacent benign prostate tissue	26	26

Abbreviations: qRT-PCR, quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; IHC, immunohistochemistry; PSA, prostate-specific antigen.