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. 2023 Jan 18;18(1):e0280262. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280262

Table 2. Histology results stratified by access route and type of biopsy.

TRANSRECTAL TRANSPERINEAL
Biopsy type SYSTEMATIC TARGETED OVERALL SYSTEMATIC TARGETED OVERALL
No biopsy taken, median (IQR) 12 (8–13) 3 (0–6) 14 (12–16) 15 (10–22) 3 (0–6) 17 (14–24)
No positive cores, median (IQR) 1 (0–2) 1 (0–3) 1 (0–5) 0 (0–2) 1 (0–3) 2 (0–5)
MCCL, median (IQR) 3 (2–7) 6 (1–13) 6 (2–8) 4 (2–6) 4 (0–9) 6 (3–9)
Grade group, cases (%) 1–13 (54%) 1–4 (24%) 1–10 (37%) 1–16 (46%) 1–10 (27%) 1–17 (33%)
2–9 (38%) 2–9 (53%) 2–14 (52%) 2–11 (32%) 2–16 (43%) 2–21 (40%)
3–1 (4%) 3–1 (6%) 3–0 3–4 (11%) 3–6 (16%) 3–8 (15%)
4–1 (4%) 4–2 (12%) 4–2 (7%) 4–4 (11%) 4–3 (8%) 4–4 (8%)
5–0 5–1 (6%) 5–1 (4%) 5–0 5–2 (5%) 5–2 (4%)