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. 2019 Aug 1;125(2):260–269. doi: 10.1111/bju.14865

Table 5.

Detection rates by prostate volume

  TB eTB sTB iTB TB + SB
n % of TB+SB 95%CI n % of TB+SB 95%CI n % of TB+SB 95%CI n % of TB+SB 95%CI n % of TB+SB

45 mL

N = 233

 Any prostate cancer 150 79 72.0–84.1 160 84 77.8–88.7 177 93 88.0–95.9 182 95 91.2–97.8 191 100
 Gleason score ≥7 88 75 65.7–82.1 97 82 74.1–88.6 109 92 86.0–96.5 110 93 87.1–97.0 118 100

>45 mL

N = 254

 Any prostate cancer 96 62 54.2–70.0 109 71 62.9–77.8 137 89 82.9–93.4 141 92 86.0–95.4 154 100
 Gleason score ≥7 61 59 49.1–68.8 72 70 60.1–78.5 93 90 82.9–95.2 91 88 80.5–93.8 103 100
P value
 Any prostate cancer 0.001     0.004     0.259     0.186        
 Gleason score ≥7 0.021     0.039     0.636     0.244        

TB, two cores; eTB, four cores total; iTB, 14 cores total; sTB, 10–20 cores total depending on location; TB+SB, standard TB plus 18–24 SB sector cores (20–26 cores total). Significant P values in bold.