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. 2016 Nov 21;2016:2384894. doi: 10.1155/2016/2384894

Table 4.

Detection rate of prostate cancer in peripheral versus central target biopsy.



Any cancer Significant cancer∗∗
Peripheral% (n/n) Central% (n/n) p value Peripheral% (n/n) Central% (n/n) p value
Overall 39.0 (29/75) 22.0 (13/60) 0.0223 32.0 (24/75) 15.0 (9/60) 0.0342
PiRADS score
 5 75.0 (6/8) 100.0 (4/4) 0.32 75.0 (6/8) 75.0 (3/4) 0.99
 4 56.0 (14/25) 25.0 (4/16) 0.052 44.0 (11/25) 19.0 (3/16) 0.10
 3 27.0 (6/22) 12.0 (4/34) 0.14 23.0 (5/22) 6.0 (2/34) 0.065
 2 9.0 (1/1) 0.0 (0/5) 9.0 (1/1) 0.0 (0/5)
Unclassified 22.0 (2/9) 100.0 (1/1) 11.0 (1/9) 100.0 (1/1)

PiRADS: Prostate imaging Reporting and Detection System.

: prostate cancer with any Gleason grade; ∗∗: prostate cancer with Gleason grade ≥ 4.