Among the men attending the third screening round, average prostate volumes and the median BMI were higher among medication users than non-users (Table 1).
A difference in mean prostate volume existed (P<0.001).
The mean prostate volume for PCa cases was 46.09 cm.
On average, 38% of the prostate volume and 41% of the gross tumor volume (GTV) on preoperative MRI were not included in the CTV.
However, the total volume from the 10 CNB in these 10 patients was small, 1.3 34 mm³, representing on average only approximately 0.2% of the prostate volume.
At diagnosis, the average patient age was 61 years (s.d. 5), the average serum PSA was 6.1 ng ml−1 (s.d. 3.6) and the average prostate size was 34.4 ml (TRUS volume, s.d. 15.2).
A correlation between PET/CT prostate volume and ultrasound prostate volume using the BK Medical, Analogic Ultrasound Group, Pro Focus, Transducer 8818, 6/9 MHz, was also performed.
Pearson's correlation coefficient was used for compare US and CT generated prostate volume.
The European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) risk calculators (RCs) are validated tools for prostate cancer (PCa) risk assessment and include prostate volume (PV) data from transrectal ultrasound (TRUS).
We assume that better histopathologic coverage of the prostate volume (technically demanding) will improve PET-histoPET agreement further.
