PCa progression outcomes vary by surgeon experience
Differences in technique among high-volume surgeons may affect outcomes post-RP
Publish date: September 1, 2004
Cheryl Guttman Krader
Cheryl Guttman Krader
San Francisco--Surgeon experience is an independent predictor of PSA progression in men undergoing radical prostatectomy, but among high-volume surgeons (those who performed more than 100 procedures) operating in a single institution, the individual surgeon alone is also a significant prognostic factor, according to a study by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.