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PCa progression outcomes vary by surgeon experience

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.

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