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Table 1 Preoperative patient characteristic

From: Prostate volume and biopsy tumor length are significant predictors for classical and redefined insignificant cancer on prostatectomy specimens in Japanese men with favorable pathologic features on biopsy

 

Number (%) or Mean value (range)

Number

170 (100)

 

Age (year)

 

65.5 (40 to 78)

PSA (ng/ml)

 

7.4 (2.8 to 25.9)

Prostate volume (cc)

 

40.2 (13.8 to 87.9)

PSA density (ng/ml/cc)

 

0.208 (0.050 to 1.124)

Biospy core (n)

 

13.1 (6 to 24)

Tumor length (mm)

 

2.1 (0.1 to 7.0)

Biopsy approach

  

Transrectal

137 (80.6)

 

Transperineal

33 (19.4)

 

Positive core

  

1

120 (70.6)

 

2

50 (29.4)

 

Biopsy Gleason score

  

5

7 (4.1)

 

6

163 (95.9)

 

Clinical T stage(DRE)

  

cT1c

154 (90.6)

 

cT2a

16 (9.4)

 

MRI findings

  

Negative

113 (66.5)

 

Positive

57 (33.5)

 

Epstein criteria

  

Yes

70 (41.2)

 

No

100 (58.8)

 

PRIAS criteria

  

Yes

103 (60.6)

 

No

67 (39.4)

 
  1. Abbreviations: DRE dicital rectal examination, PRIAS Prostate Cancer Research International: Active Surveillance.