Potentials and Limitations of Real-Time Elastography for Prostate Cancer Detection: A Whole-Mount Step Section Analysis

Table 1

Detection rate of all lesions ≥0.2 cm³ in dependence of localization, Gleason scores, prostate volumes and PSA serum values; 𝑛=48.

	Detection	𝑃
Localization
Anterior	66.7% (6/9)	0.419
Posterior	80% (20/25)
Both	100% (14/14)
Gleason score
G5, G6, G7 (3+4)	75% (24/32)	0.028
G7(4+3), G8, G9, G10	100% (16/16)
PV (mL)
<40	86.8% (33/38)	0.204
≥40	70% (7/10)
PSA (ng/mL)
<4	84.6% (11/13)	0.885
≥4	82.9% (29/35)