Table 4.

Upgrade status from Gleason score (3+3) to > Gleason score 6 according to the core+ number and tumor length

Number of core+	Maximum length of tumor foci
	<3 mm, n/total (%)	3–6 mm, n/total (%)	>6 mm, n/total (%)	Total, n/total (%)
1 core+	82/138 (59.4)	21/28 (75.0)	4/4 (100.0)	107/170 (62.9)
2 cores+	38/60 (63.3)	20/28 (71.4)	1/1 (100.0)	59/89 (66.3)
3 cores+	17/20 (85.0)	19/23 (82.6)	4/5 (80.0)	40/48 (83.3)
4 cores+	6/6 (100.0)	13/15 (86.6)	7/9 (77.7)	26/30 (86.6)
5 cores+	1/1 (100.0)	10/11 (90.9)	3/3 (100.0)	14/15 (93.3)
6 cores+	–	5/6 (83.3)	3/4 (75.0)	8/10 (80.0)
7 cores+	–	3/3 (100.0)	–	3/3 (100.0)
³8 cores+	–	2/2 (100.0)	6/7 (85.7)	8/9 (88.9)
Total	144/225 (64.0)	93/116 (80.2)	28/33 (84.8)	265/374 (70.9)

–: no patient with these parameters for analysis