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Table 1 Clinical and imaging characteristics at biopsy (194 Patients)

From: A novel biopsy scheme for prostate cancer: targeted and regional systematic biopsy

 

Mean

SD

Range

Age (y)

66.0

6.0

48–78

PSA (ng/mL)

10.3

4.4

2.5–20.0

fPSA/tPSA

0.18

0.1

0.04–0.6

Prostate volume (mL3)

PSA density

44.5

0.27

19.4

0.17

17.0-159.5

0.04–1.03

PI-RADS score

4.2

0.7

3–5

No. TB needles

 No. positive needles

 Positive-ratio

2.3

1.7

77.8%

0.6

0.8

0.3

2–4

0–4

0-100%

No. STB needles

 No. positive needles

 Positive-ratio

14.3

4.6

28.1%

0.6

0.3

0.1

14–16

1–14

23.5-28.6%

No. TrSB needles

 No. positive needles

 Positive-ratio

6.3

3.6

58.0%

0.6

1.4

0.2

6–8

0–6

0-100%

  1. PSA indicates prostate-specific antigen; fPSA indicates free PSA; tPSA indicates total PSA; PI-RADS indicates Prostrate Imaging- Reporting and Data System; TB indicates targeted biopsy; STB indicates standard biopsy; TrSB indicates targeted and regional systematic biopsy