Table 1 Baseline characteristics of men with csPCa outside of the MRI lesion detected on systematic biopsy.

From: Reducing the number of systematic biopsy cores in the era of MRI targeted biopsy—implications on clinically-significant prostate cancer detection and relevance to focal therapy planning

Baseline characteristic

Total

No csPCa

csPCa detected outside of MRI lesion

p value

Patients, n (%)

398

315 (79)

83 (21)

 

Race, n (%)

 Chinese

347 (87)

277 (88)

70 (84)

 

 Non-Chinese

51 (13)

38 (12)

13 (16)

0.383

 Mean Age, years (±SD)

65.7 (±7.8)

64.9 (±7.7)

68.6 (±7.4)

<0.001

 Prior negative biopsy, n (%)

133 (33)

122 (39)

11 (13)

<0.001

 Mean prebiopsy PSA, ng/mL (±SD) (n = 393)

10.1 (±8.4)

9.6 (±7.2)

12.2 (±10.7)

0.045

 Mean MRI-US fusion prostate volume, mL (±SD)

43.5 (±18.6)

45.3 (±18.2)

36.7 (±18.5)

<0.001

 Mean PSAD

0.27 (±0.25)

0.24 (±0.22)

0.38 (±0.33)

<0.001

 Median number of MRI lesions (IQR)

2 (1–2)

2 (1–2)

2 (1–3)

0.093

PI-RADS score

 3 (%)

69 (18)

68 (22)

1 (1)

 

 4 (%)

240 (60)

191 (61)

49 (59)

 

 5 (%)

89 (22)

56 (17)

33 (40)

<0.001

Median number of cores, n (IQR)

 Total

33 (28–39)

33 (28–39)

32 (26–36)

0.038

 Systematic

23 (19–29)

24 (20–29)

21 (18–26)

0.004

 Targeted

9 (6–12)

9 (6–12)

9 (7–12)

0.105

 Median number of overlap cores, n (IQR)

5 (4–7)

5 (4–7)

5 (4–7)

0.408

  1. GG Grade Group, PSAD prostate specific antigen density, PI-RADS Prostate Imaging—Reporting and Data System.