Table 3 Practice characteristics
Question | Items | N | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Practice characteristics | |||
Considering the local where you practice most often | |||
Do patients have easy access to MRI? | No | 65 | 15.7 |
Multiparametric MRI 1.5 Tesla | 169 | 40.9 | |
Multiparametric MRI 3.0 Tesla | 141 | 34.2 | |
Pelvic (unspecified) | 38 | 9.2 | |
The prostate biopsy | It is performed at my service, by a urologist | 81 | 19.6 |
It is performed at my service, by a radiologist | 147 | 35.6 | |
I do it myself | 72 | 17.4 | |
It is outsourced | 113 | 27.4 | |
What is the access of prostate biopsy? | Transrectal | 410 | 99.3 |
Perineal | 3 | 0.7 | |
Number of cores retrieved | Sextant (6 cores) | 4 | 1.0 |
Sextant biopsies (12 cores with 2 of each area) | 172 | 41.6 | |
12 distinct cores of the peripheral zone | 57 | 13.8 | |
12 distinct cores of the peripheral zone plus 2–4 cores of the transition zone | 26 | 7.3 | |
12 distinct cores of the peripheral zone plus 2–4 cores of the transition zone plus additional cores of suspected area (nodule in US or MRI) | 142 | 34.4 | |
Other | 12 | 2.9 | |
Do you have access to biopsy with image fusion? | No | 197 | 47.7 |
Yes, with real-time software fusion | 98 | 23.7 | |
Yes, with cognitive fusion | 118 | 28.6 | |
How long do patients have to wait for a biopsy to be performed? | Less than one month | 277 | 67.1 |
1 to 3Â months | 119 | 28.8 | |
3 to 6Â months | 15 | 3.6 | |
More than 6Â months | 2 | 0.5 | |
Does the histopathological report of the prostate biopsy product provide the Gleason score? | Yes, of each fragment alone | 363 | 87.9 |
Yes, but a general Gleason Score | 27 | 6.5 | |
Yes, for right lobe fragments and another one for left lobe fragments | 23 | 5.6 | |
Does the histopathological report of the prostate biopsy product specify how many fragments are positive? | No | 7 | 1.7 |
Yes | 406 | 98.3 | |
Does the histopathological report of the prostate biopsy product specify the percentage of tumor involvement in each fragment? | No | 15 | 3.6 |
Yes | 398 | 96.4 | |