Table 2.

Studies evaluating latent PC by step-sectioning of prostate in Asian and other countries.

Author	Year Published	Country/Ethnicity	Duration of Study	Study Population	No. of Cases	Age	No. of Cancers	%	Pathology Section Width (mm)	Ref. No.
Karube	1961	Japan	1954–1959	Hospital	229	≥40	25	10.9	4–5	[36]
Lee	1972	Singapore	NA	Hospital	156	Range, 42–87	13	8.3	4	[37]
Akazaki	1973	Japan	1969–1972	Hospital	239	≥50	47	19.7	3	[19]
Bean	1973	Japan	1961–1969	Hospital	213	≥50	58	27.2	5	[38]
Breslow	1977	Hong Kong	NA	Hospital	173	Mean, 65	26	15.0	5	[20]
Breslow	1977	Jamaica	NA	Hospital	168	Mean, 65	55	32.7	5	[20]
Breslow	1977	Singapore	NA	Hospital	242	Mean, 65	35	14.5	5	[20]
Breslow	1977	Uganda	NA	Hospital	150	Mean, 65	36	24.0	5	[20]
Yatani	1982	Japan	1965–1979	Hospital	576	Mean, 67.7	NA	20.5	3	[23]
Billis	1986	Brazil	NA	Hospital	180	Range, 40–88	45	25.0	3–5	[27]
Yatani	1988	Japan	1965–1979	Hospital	576	Mean, 67.6	NA	22.5	3	[39]
Yatani	1988	Japan	1982–1986	Hospital	660	Mean, 68.7	NA	34.6	3	[39]
Takahashi	1992	Japan	NA	Hospital	29	≥90	17	58.6	3–4	[40]
Gu	1994	China	1989–1992	Hospital	381 (including 60 RCP)	NA	21	5.5	5	[41]
Zare–Mirzaie	2012	Iran	2008–2009	Hospital	149	Mean, 64.5	14	9.4	4	[42]
Zlotta	2013	Japan	2008–2011	Hospital	100	Mean, 68.5	35	35.0	4	[8]
Kimura	2016	Japan	1983–1987	Hospital	501	Mean, 63.5	104	20.8	5	[7]
Inaba	2020	Japan	2009–2017	Hospital	182	Median, 72	71	39.0	5	[43]