TABLE 2

Tumor Characteristics in the 2 Different Patient Preparation Groups

Gleason score*T stage†
GroupGS 5GS 6GS 7aGS 7bGS 8GS 9GS 10T1T2T3T4
G1‡ (%)0 (0.0%)17 (8.9%)62 (32.5%)35 (18.3%)30 (15.7%)47 (24.6%)0 (0.0%)2 (1.3%)57 (36.1%)85 (53.8%)14 (8.9%)
G2 (%)2 (1.0%)17 (18.1%)76 (36.2%)45 (21.4%)30 (14.3%)39 (18.6%)1 (0.5%)4 (2.4%)63 (37.3%)100 (59.2%)2 (1.2%)

  • ↵* Missing data (G1 n = 29; G2 n = 10).

  • ↵† Missing data (G1 n = 62; G2 n = 51).

  • ↵‡ No preparation.

  • ↵ Injection of 20 mg of furosemide and 500 mL of NaCl 0.9%.

  • P value from Fisher exact tests. Overall P value for Gleason score was 0.531, and overall P value for T stage was 0.008.