DO MARGINS MATTER? THE PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF POSITIVE SURGICAL MARGINS IN RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY SPECIMENS

We confirm that a PSM has a significant adverse impact on PFP after RP in multivariate analysis using multiple statistical methods to account for patients who received AT. While prostate cancer screening strategies have resulted in a majority of men having organ confined disease at RP, surgeons should continue to strive to reduce the rate of positive surgical margins to improve cancer control outcomes.