Variation in Positive Surgical Margin Status After Radical Prostatectomy for pT2 Prostate Cancer

Abstract

Positive surgical margin (PSM) after prostatectomy for pT2 prostate cancer vary throughout the United States. We used the National Cancer Database and determined that patient, hospital, and cancer-specific factors contributed 2.3%, 3.9%, and 15.6% of PSM variation, respectively; 84.8% of PSM variation are because of nononcological factors, which represent addressable factors in efforts to improve patient outcome.