Computer-aided transrectal ultrasound: does prostate HistoScanning™ improve detection performance of prostate cancer in repeat biopsies?

Table 3 Relation between Prostate HistoScanning™ suspicious volume and Bx outcome

		Bx +	Bx-	p-value
Total PHS suspicious volume in ml	N	31	66
Total PHS suspicious volume in ml	median(range)	1.58 (0.20-9.32)	1.26 (0.22-6.59)	n.s.
		Gleason sum <7	Gleason sum > =7
Total PHS suspicious volume in ml	N	20	11
Total PHS suspicious volume in ml	median (range)	1.55 (0.20-9.32)	1.86 (0.22-4.35)	n.s.

PHS, prostate HistoScanning; Bx, prostate biopsy; Bx+, prostate cancer positive biopsy; Bx-, prostate cancer negative biopsy; p-values Bx + vs Bx- (Wilcoxon rang sum test)

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