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Table 4 Analysis of detection rate per prostate region of different procedures

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

N = 97

 Systematic Bx

PHS-template targeted transperineal Bx

 

PHS- targeted transrectal Bx

 

patients with Bx+

23

20

n.s.

21

n.s.

regions biopsied

1358

248

 

248

 

regions with Bx+

73

32

 

28

 

detection rate per region

5 %

13 %

<0.001

11 %

<0.001

  1. Biopsy Bx, prostate cancer positive biopsy Bx+, Pca negative biopsy Bx-, p-values compared with systematic biopsy (Chi-squared test)
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BMC Urology

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