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. 2018 Oct 24;8(10):e024941. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024941

Table 1.

(A) Baseline demographics for the cohort, (B) mpMRI outcomes, (C) biopsy outcomes and (D) diagnosis and treatment outcomes

A. Patient demographics
Men included 112
Median age (years) 68 (IQR 62–78)
Median PSA (ng/mL) 9.4 (IQR 5.6–21.0)
B. MpMRI outcomes n %
Men undertaking mpMRI 111 99
Median prostate volume (mL) 50 (IQR 35–78)
Positive mpMRI (men) 87 78
Negative mpMRI (men) 24 22
Total ROIs 162
1. ROIs/man 39 35
2. ROIs/man 25 23
3. ROIs/man 22 20
4. ROIs/man 1 1
Likert score per man
 Likert 3 25 23
 Likert 4 26 23
 Likert 5 36 32
Total ROIs 162
Median ROI volume (mL) 0.5 (IQR 0.2–1.0)
Likert score per lesion
 Likert 3 71 44
 Likert 4 49 30
 Likert 5 42 26
C. Biopsy outcomes n %
Men undertaking biopsy 57 51
Median cores per patient 9 (IQR 5–12)
Total cores 514
Cores positive (UCL 2) 241 47
Biopsy efficiency 47%
Median cores per lesion 4 (IQR 4–5)
Median biopsy density (cores/ROI mL) 10 (IQR 3.5–20)
Cancer detection by man
 Any cancer 45 79
 UCL 2 43 75
 UCL 1 34 60
 Gleason ≥3+4 43 75
 Gleason ≥4+3 23 40
 Median MCCL (mm) 7 (IQR 3–10)
Cancer detection by lesion Any cancer UCL 2 UCL 1
 Likert 3 (lesions biopsied) 40 13 10 4
 Likert 4 (lesions biopsied) 38 24 19 15
 Likert 5 (lesions biopsied) 35 35 35 28
D. Diagnosis and treatment outcomes
Median time to diagnosis (days) 8 (IQR 5–12)
Median time to treatment (days) 20 (IQR 8–40)
Treatment type (postbiopsy) n %
Discharged 4 7
PSA surveillance 6 11
Active surveillance 5 9
Focal therapy 6 11
Robotic prostatectomy 9 16
External beam radiotherapy 10 18
Brachytherapy 2 4
Androgen deprivation therapy 9 16
Chemotherapy 4 7
Antibiotics 1 2
Repeat biopsy 1 2

MCCL, maximum cancer core length; mpMRI, multiparametric MRI; PSA, prostate-specific antigen; ROI, regions of interest; UCL, University College London.