The ability to detect prostate cancer was more related to the biopsy site than to the number of biopsy cores taken. The 12-core biopsies, six cores each from the MPZ and LPZ, were most likely to detect the majority of clinically significant cancers but also detected many insignificant cancers. When the six-core biopsies from the CZ were added, no increase in sensitivity was observed.

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Chronic inflammation was a common finding in autopsied prostates. It appeared to be directly associated with the presence of benign prostatic hyperplasia but not with cancer.