Table 1 Disparity of Gleason score between initial TRUS biopsy and final prostatectomy

From: Microscale characterization of prostate biopsies tissues using optical coherence elastography and second harmonic generation imaging

Patient number

Biopsy stiffness (kPa)a

A:I ratio

Gleason grade of biopsies

Gleason grade of radical prostatectomy

1

631.07

 

3+3

3+4

7

2

795.16

1.79

3+3, 3+4

3+4

7

3

649.02

1.29

3+3

3+4

7

4

809.61

2.55

4+3, 4+4, 4+5, 5+4

4+5

9

5

707.69

 

3+3, 3+4, 4+3

3+4

7

6

900.99

 

3+5, 4+4, 4+5

4+5

9

7

658.93

 

3+3

3+4

7

8

728.25

 

3+3, 3+4

3+4

7

9

739.24

 

3+3, 4+3

4+3

7

  1. aBiopsy stiffness (kPa) is the weighted mean of the stiffest biopsy among 12 biopsies.