Table 2. Histology results stratified by access route and type of biopsy.
TRANSRECTAL | TRANSPERINEAL | |||||
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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%) |