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Table 2 Systematic and targeted cores in each cohort

From: Cancer detection rate of prebiopsy MRI with subsequent systematic and targeted biopsy are superior to non-targeting systematic biopsy without MRI in biopsy naïve patients: a retrospective cohort study

 

MRI (+)

MRI (−)

p Value

Systematic cores n = 2696 (A)

Targeted cores n = 345 (B)

Systematic cores n = 3542 (C)

A vs B

A vs C

B vs C

Cores of cancer, n (%)

333

(12.3)

108

(31.3)

355

(10.0)

<  0.0001

0.004

<  0.0001

Cores including GP 4 or more, n (%)

229

(8.4)

80

(23.1)

210

(5.9)

<  0.0001

0.0001

<  0.0001

Median percentage of core length involved by cancer (IQR)

30

(10–60)

50

(20–70)

20

(10–50)

0.0011

0.10

<  0.0001