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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Urol. 2017 Aug 26;73(4):488–490. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2017.08.005

Table 2.

Pathologic characteristics in 77 patients with tumor maps

Tumor location
 Apex 69 (90%)
 Most apical 3 mm of the apex 32 (42%)
 Midgland 73 (95%)
 Base 44 (57%)
 Only in SV 2 (2.6%)
 No tumor 1 (1.3%)
Dominant tumor origin zone
 Peripheral zone 70 (91%)
 Transition zone 3 (3.9%)
 SV 2 (2.6%)
 No tumor 1 (1.3%)
 Unknown 1 (1.3%)
Number of cancer foci 1 (1, 2)
Number of patients with single-cancer foci 47 (61%)
Tumor volume (cm3) 1.4 (0.5, 3.5)
Number of patients with periurethral tumor 53 (69%)
Location of minimum distance between periurethral tumor and urethra (N = 53)
 Apex 28 (53%)
 Apex and midgland 1 (1.9%)
 Midgland 23 (43%)
 Base 1 (1.9%)
Laterality
 Unilateral 21 (27%)
 Bilateral 53 (69%)
 Only in SV 2 (2.6%)
 No tumor 1 (1.3%)
Pathologic classification
 T0 1 (1.3%)
 T2 29 (38%)
 T3 41 (53%)
 T4 6 (7.8%)
EPE 45 (58%)
EPE location (apex vs midgland vs base; N = 45)
 Apex 1 (2.2%)
 Midgland 4 (8.9%)
 Base 16 (36%)
 Apex and midgland 2 (4.4%)
 Midgland and base 14 (31%)
 Apex and midgland and base 5 (11%)
 SV 3 (6.7%)
EPE location (anterior vs posterior; N = 45)
 Anterior 3 (6.7%)
 Posterior 35 (78%)
 Anterior and posterior 4 (8.9%)
 SV 3 (6.7%)
SVI 32 (42%)
LNI 22 (29%)
PSM 15 (19%)
Type of surgery
 Open (N = 68) 11 (73%)
 Laparoscopic (N = 7) 2 (13%)
 Robotic (N = 2) 2 (13%)
Type of primary therapy
 EBRT (N = 48) 8 (53%)
  Location of PSM
   Apex 5 (63%)
   Midgland 1 (13%)
   Base 2 (25%)
   SV 0 (0%)
 Brachytherapy (N = 22) 5 (33%)
  Location of PSM
   Apex 1 (20%)
   Midgland 0 (0%)
   Base 2 (40%)
   SV 1 (20%)
   Unknown 1 (20%)
 EBRT and brachytherapy (N = 7) 2 (13%)
  Location of PSM
   Apex 0 (0%)
   Midgland 0 (0%)
   Base 1 (50%)
   SV 1 (50%)

EBRT = external beam radiation therapy; SV = seminal vesicle; EPE = extraprostatic extension; SVI = seminal vesicle involvement; LNI = lymph node involvement; PSM = positive surgical margin.

All values are median (interquartile range) or frequency (proportion).