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Table 5 Concordance of the diagnosis of a needle biopsy between urological and general pathologists (Oct./06–Mar./07)

From: Review by urological pathologists improves the accuracy of Gleason grading by general pathologists

General pathologist diagnosis

Urological pathologist diagnosis

NM

ASAP

HGPIN

5

6

3 + 4

4 + 3

8-10

Overall

NM

118

0

5

0

0

0

0

2

 

ASAP

7

2

0

0

0

4

0

0

 

HGPIN

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

 

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

6

1

0

0

0

26

3

0

0

 

3 + 4

0

0

0

0

4

18

8

1

 

4 + 3

0

0

0

0

0

1

5

3

 

8–10

0

0

0

0

0

1

7

8

 
 

126

2

6

0

30

27

20

14

225

% Exact Concordance

93.6

100

16.7

0

86.7

66.7

25.0

57.1

79.1

% Undergrading by UPD vs GPD

    

0

25.9

40.0

42.9

23.1

% Overgrading by UPD vs GPD

    

13.3

7.4

35.0

0

14.3

  1. UPD urological pathologist diagnosis, GPD General pathologist diagnosis, NM no malignancy, ASAP atypical small acinar proliferation suspicious, HGPIN high grade prostatic intraepithelial hyperplasia