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Table 4 Cancer Detection Rate of the Targeted Biopsy in relation to an axial and sagittal image fusion

From: The addition of a sagittal image fusion improves the prostate cancer detection in a sensor-based MRI /ultrasound fusion guided targeted biopsy

Group B n = 89

Overall CDR in TB (sTB + aTB)

CDR in aTB

CDR in sTB

Additional PCa detected only by sTB*

Additional GS ≥7 in sTB#

Overall

68 (76%)

59 (66%)

50 (56%)

9 (13%)

10 (19%)

PI-RADS

 3 (n = 8)

2 (25%)

2 (25%)

2 (25%)

0

0

 4 (n = 43)

32 (74%)

30 (70%)

19 (44%)

2 (5%)

4 (9%)

 5 (n = 38)

34 (90%)

27 (71%)

29 (76%)

7 (18%)

6 (16%)

Maximum diameter of lesion

 1–10 (n = 27)

18 (67%)

15 (56%)

10 (37%)

3 (11%)

3 (11%)

 11–20 (n = 50)

38 (76%)

33 (66%)

29 (58%)

5 (10%)

5 (10%)

  >20 (n = 12)

12 (100%)

11 (92%)

11 (92%)

1 (8%)

2 (17%)

Localization of lesion

 Apex (n = 35)

26 (74%)

23 (66%)

19 (54%)

3 (9%)

3 (9%)

 Midgland (n = 32)

23 (72%)

18 (56%)

15 (47%)

5 (16%)

5 (16%)

 Base (n = 22)

19 (86%)

18 (82%)

16 (73%)

1 (5%)

2 (9%)

 Anterior (n = 28)

26 (93%)

22 (79%)

22 (79%)

4 (14%)

5 (18%)

  1. aTB = axial fusion TB; sTB = sagittal fusion TB; * compared to overall CDR or TB (aTB + sTB);
  2. #Either detection of GS ≥7 only by sTB or Gleason upgrade in the sTB biopsy core compared to the aTB core; percentage of GS ≥7 detected by TB (aTB + sTB) n = 53