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Table 1 Symptoms or diagnostic findings leading to prostate cancer diagnosis

From: Interdisciplinary decision making in prostate cancer therapy – 5-years’ time trends at the Interdisciplinary Prostate Cancer Center (IPC) of the Charité Berlin

 

Cohort I

Cohort II

p-value*

(%)

(%)

Elevated PSA levels

86.8

88.9

>.05

Suspicious palpation

25

13.4

Histology after TURP

2.5

4.6

PCa associated symptoms

7.1

10.6

 
  1. *Student´s T-test; Symptoms or diagnostic findings leading to PCa diagnosis: elevated PSA levels, suspicious palpation of the prostate, incidental histology after transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) and PCa associated symptoms.
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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

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