Characteristics of samples and patients.

aEach sample contains a pathological type of cells. Each patient had been measured with one primary cancer sample and at least one secondary cancer sample, referring to the 1st and 2nd most common Gleason pattern.bSimilar cancer samples refer that patients had very similar cancer samples with respect to the Gleason pattern.cA majority of patients also had one benign sample measurement besides their primary and secondary cancer sample measurements.dCancer cells herein represent cancer epithelial cell. The tumor percentage of each cancer cell containing sample was evaluated and confirmed by pathologists using H&E slides or digitally scanned images.Characteristics of samples and patients.