Is surgeon experience strongly associated with biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy for all preoperative risk categories?
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.
Our results do not support an influence of the LC on the OSCC postoperative survival. We have shown an association between LC density and growth type but its significance is still undetermined.