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Table 1 Comparison of aggregate lengths of the biopsy cores

From: Length of prostate biopsies is not necessarily compromised by pooling multiple cores in one paraffin block: an observational study

 

n

Aggregate length, mm (mean ± SD)

All

344

133.6 ± 29.9

Site-designated

57

129.5 ± 21.81

Pooled 6 + 6

188

136.9 ± 26.41

Benign

151

132.7 ± 29.32

Malignant

193

134.2 ± 30.42

  1. 1No statistically significant difference was noted between 12 site-designated cores and unspecified bilateral (6 + 6) cores, p = 0.09.
  2. 2No statistically significant difference was noted between benign and malignant cases, p = 0.25.
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