Table 6.
Concordance of the diagnosis of a needle biopsy between urological and general pathologists (Apr./07–Sep./07)
| General pathologist diagnosis | Urological pathologist diagnosis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NM | ASAP | HGPIN | 5 | 6 | 3 + 4 | 4 + 3 | 8–10 | Overall | |
| NM | 115 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ASAP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| HGPIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 + 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 + 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| 8–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
| 115 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 185 | |
| % Exact Concordance | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 72.3 | 80.9 | 53.8 | 90.9 | 89.7 |
| % Undergrading by UPD vs GPD | 4.5 | 14.3 | 23.1 | 9.1 | 11.9 | ||||
| % Overgrading by UPD vs GPD | 22.7 | 4.8 | 23.1 | 0 | 14.1 | ||||
UPD urological pathologist diagnosis, GPD general pathologist diagnosis, NM no malignancy, ASAP atypical small acinar proliferation suspicious, HGPIN High grade prostatic intraepithelial hyperplasia