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. 2019 Mar 6;11:53–60. doi: 10.2147/RRU.S187950

Table 3.

Pathologic change of GG (upgrade, downgrade, no change) stratified by time interval in days from biopsy to surgery

Average wait times by “Change” status: biopsy to RP (N=2,310)
No change
N=1,375
Downgrade
N=201
Upgrade
N=734

Wait time (days)
Range 21–180 77–174 21–179
Median (IQR) 83 (62–111) 72 (57–99) 86 (61–110)

GG 1 at biopsy

Change in GG: biopsy to surgery <60 days 60–89 days 90–119 days 120–149 days 150–180 days Total

 No change (48%) 91 135 107 65 36 434

 Upgrade (52%) 113 130 134 64 31 472

 Total 204 265 241 129 67 906

GG 2 at biopsy

Change in GG: biopsy to surgery <60 days 60–89 days 90–119 days 120–149 days 150–180 days Total

 No change (74%) 165 279 172 109 46 771

 Downgrade (7%) 17 31 19 8 3 78

 Upgrade (19%) 40 65 57 25 12 199

 Total 222 375 248 142 61 1,048

GG 3+ at biopsy

Change in GG: biopsy to surgery <60 days 60–89 days 90–119 days 120–149 days 150–180 days Total

 No change (48%) 50 57 44 13 6 170

 Downgrade (35%) 43 43 24 12 1 123

 Upgrade (17%) 17 27 12 5 3 63

 Total 110 127 80 30 9 356

Abbreviations: GG, Grade Group; IQR, interquartile range; RP, radical prostatectomy.