Table 1

 Patients’ clinical and histological characteristics

PCa (%)BPH (%)
BPH, benign prostate hyperplasia; PCa, prostate cancer; PSA, prostate specific antigen.
Cases3324
Mean (SD) age in years64.7 (3.9)66.1 (4.4)
TNM
    T12 (6.1)
    T214 (42.4)
    T317 (51.5)
Gleason score
    2–47 (21.2)
    5–715 (45.5)
    8–1011 (33.3)
Mean (SD) PSA (ng/ml)
    <4.03 (9.1)9 (37.5)
    4.0–10.06 (18.2)12 (50.0)
    >10.024 (72.7)3 (12.5)