Kwak, Tae-Yeong https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9171-7258
Lee, Chan Ho https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7750-6806
Park, Won Young https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7757-9004
Ku, Ja Yoon https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3460-9386
Jeong, Chang Wook https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2200-5019
Hwang, Eu Chang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2031-124X
Choi, Seock Hwan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3796-2601
Cho, Joonyoung https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5380-0149
Chang, Hyeyoon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4274-4652
Kim, Kyung Hwan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7162-6527
Kang, Byeong Jin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4498-5895
Kim, Sun Woo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8563-0471
Ha, Hong Koo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8240-7765
Funding for this research was provided by:
Biomedical Research Institute Grant, Pusan National University Hospital. (20220017)
Article History
Received: 25 December 2024
Accepted: 20 March 2025
First Online: 31 March 2025
Declarations
:
: Tae-Yeong Kwak, Joonyoung Cho, Hyeyoon Chang, and Sun Woo Kim are affiliated with Deep Bio Inc. Korea, the company that developed the DeepDx Prostate - RP software used in this study for analyzing whole-slide images. This software was utilized to generate case-level ISUP grade groups, specimen volumes, tumor volumes, and percent tumor volumes from the radical prostatectomy specimens. All other authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.The authors confirm that this commercial affiliation does not alter their adherence to all journal policies on sharing data and materials. The algorithm and results have been reported transparently, and all data is available upon reasonable request, as stated in the Data Availability section of the manuscript.
: This study was approved by and is under the oversight of the Institutional Review Board (IRB No. 2201-006-110) of Pusan National University Hospital. This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and current ethical guidelines. All methods were conducted in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The requirement for written informed patient consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board due to the retrospective nature of the study.