Contemporary Radical Prostatectomy

Table 2

Outcomes after radical prostatectomy and impact of positive and negative surgical margins [72].

	SM+ (%  ± SE)	SM− (%  ± SE)	P
PSA recurrence-free survival			0.0001
1 year	69.2±1.5	82.2±0.8
2 years	61.9±1.6	76.6±0.9
5 years	51.3±1.8	67.9±1.0
10 years	43.2±2.6	61.8±1.2
Distant metastasis-free survival			0.0001
1 year	98.9±0.3	99.4±0.2
2 years	97.3±0.6	99.1±0.2
5 years	93.6±0.9	96.9±0.4
10 years	85.3±1.9	94.0±0.7
Disease-specific death-free survival			0.0001
1 year	99.8±0.2	99.8±0.1
2 years	99.3±0.3	99.6±0.1
5 years	97.1±0.7	98.7±0.3
10 years	89.8±1.7	96.5±0.5

Data from Duke Prostate Center, 𝑛=3605.