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. 2019 Apr 11;9(4):e024524. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024524

Table 3.

Tumour stage and surgical margin involvement in partial versus complete prostate specimen sampling

n=564 Partial sampling Complete sampling Difference
pT3a % (N) 23.6% (133/564) 24.5% (138/564) 0.9% (5)
Positive surgical margin % (N) 33.2% (187/564) 34.6% (195/564) 1.4% (8)
pT3a and/or positive surgical margin % (N) 39.4% (222/564) 41.5% (234/564) 2.1% (12)