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. 2014 Apr 10;110(10):2405–2411. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.192

Table 5. Number of patients identified correctly and incorrectly as bearing insignificant PC and therefore being eligible for active surveillance.

  Tosoian Adamy Van den Bergh Whitson Soloway Selvadurai D'Amico Entire cohort
Insignificant cancer, classical definition
Correctly eligible for AS 3 9 3 9 8 12 9 20
Incorrectly eligible for AS 41 137 60 160 98 294 197 396
Total eligible for AS 44 146 63 169 106 306 206 415
Percent of eligible patients correctly identified as insignificant PC
7
6
5
5
8
4
4
5
Insignificant cancer, ERSPC definition
Correctly eligible for AS 17 45 22 47 36 66 51 99
Incorrectly eligible for AS 27 101 41 122 70 240 155 316
Total eligible for AS 44 146 63 169 106 306 206 415
Percent of eligible patients correctly identified as insignificant PC
39
31
35
28
34
22
25
24
Organ-confined low-grade cancer
Correctly eligible for AS 28 81 39 88 57 134 97 181
Incorrectly eligible for AS 16 65 24 81 49 172 109 234
Total eligible for AS 44 146 63 169 106 306 206 415
Percent of eligible patients correctly identified as insignificant PC 64 55 62 52 54 44 47 44

Abbreviations: AS=active surveillance; AUC=area under the receiver operator characteristic curve; ERSPC=European Randomised Study of screening for prostate cancer; PC=prostate cancer.