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        Prostate BX Review-1995
      
Total # Patients 355
Total # Biopsies 1860
#Bxs per case Total # Pts No Ca Dx cases Ca in 1 Bx Ca in 2 Bxs Ca in 3 Bxs Ca in 4 Bxs Ca in 5 Bxs Ca in 6 Bxs Ca in 7 Bxs Ca in 8 Bxs % Ca
1 5 5                  
2 37 27 7 3             27%
3 21 12 1 4 4           43%
4 31 18 8 3 1 1         42%
5 24 14 3 6     1       42%
6 196 120 25 12 15 5 5 14     39%
7 31 19 3     2 2 2 3   39%
8 9 6           1   2 33%
9 1 1                  
                       
total 355 222 47 28 20 8 8 17 3 2  

 1. 47/355 or 13% of patients were noted to have neoplasia in only a single core of a biopsy set.

 2. 25/196 or 135 of patients were noted to have neoplasia in only a single core of a sextant biopsy set.

 3. 37/196 or 19% of patients were noted to have neoplasia in only 1 or 2 cores of a sextant biopsy set 

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