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Table 3 Cancer detection rates according to PSA stratification

From: The optimal number of initial prostate biopsy cores in daily practice: a prospective study using the Nara Urological Research and Treatment Group nomogram

PSA (ng/mL)

Number of biopsies

Cancer

n = 936

%

n = 449

%

0–4

87

9.3

18

20.7

4–10

548

58.5

206

37.6

10–20

154

16.5

90

58.4

20–30

36

3.8

26

80.6

30–40

24

2.6

21

87.5

40–50

10

1.1

10

100.0

50–100

30

3.2

28

93.3

100<

47

5.0

47

100.0