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Number of cancers by prostate specific antigen (PSA) level |
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| Total PSA (ng/ml) |
No cancer detected |
Low-grade cancer |
High-grade cancer |
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| 2.6 to 4.0 |
241 (84%) |
43 (15%) |
3 (1%) |
| 4.1 to 10.0 |
274 (74%) |
79 (21%) |
18 (5%) |
| 10.1 to 20.0 |
27 (50%) |
18 (33%) |
9 (17%) |
| >20.0 |
6 (21%) |
12 (43%) |
10 (36%) |
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Cancers with biopsy Gleason score 7 and higher were considered high grade. | |||
Vickers et al. BMC Medicine 2008 6:19 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-6-19 |
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