Surgeon Experience is Strongly Associated With Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy for All Preoperative Risk Categories

Abstract

Cancer control after radical prostatectomy improves with increasing surgeon experience irrespective of patient risk. Excellent rates of cancer control in patients with low risk disease treated by the most experienced surgeons suggest that the primary reason that recurrence develops in such patients is inadequate surgical technique. The results have significant implications for clinical care.