Table 1 Prevalence of PSM for individual tumor sites as a function of gender, race, age, tumor category, tumor grade. Analysis of PSM change over study period comparing unadjusted rate from the last 5 years of the study period 2008–2012 to the first 5 years of the study period (1998–2002).

From: Positive Surgical Margins in the 10 Most Common Solid Cancers

 

BREAST (LUMP, MAST, TOTAL)

PROSTATE

BLADDER

COLON & RECTUM

THYROID

ORAL CAVITY

LUNG & BRONCHUS

KIDNEY & RENAL PELVIS

UTERINE

OVARIAN

TOTAL

Number of Cases (n)

1,479,230

1,051,335

2,530,565

761,637

241,791

1,218,834

314,459

120,826

462,482

361,240

391,997

92,058

6,495,889

Number of PSM Cases

97,335

55,746

153,081

160,194

23,317

83,241

36,230

15,411

33,861

20,691

16,938

32,217

575,181

Overall PSM Rate (%)

6.58

5.30

6.05

21.03

9.64

6.83

11.52

12.75

7.32

5.73

4.32

35.00

8.85%

Gender

Men

8.30

4.47

5.53

21.03

8.96

6.71

13.24

12.65

8.00

6.04

N/A

N/A

7.73% (109,572)a

Women

6.57

5.32

6.05

N/A

11.58

6.95

10.99

12.92

6.64

5.23

4.32

35.00

6.69% (256,260)a

Race

White

6.32

5.08

5.81

20.60

9.31

6.66

10.90

12.30

7.15

5.80

3.86

35.67

8.60% (424,725)

Black/AA

7.93

6.53

7.32

23.19

14.19

7.43

8.76

18.62

8.53

4.99

7.90

33.47

10.04% (58,393)

Other

7.28

5.68

6.57

22.21

9.20

7.12

15.32

13.62

7.46

5.82

4.78

27.81

9.34% (19,087)

Latino/Hisp

7.07

5.53

6.41

21.65

10.28

7.34

14.53

13.15

7.83

5.84

4.66

33.86

9.47% (72,976)

Age

<40

8.62

6.32

7.33

17.17

6.94

9.78

10.43

10.56

9.56

4.20

3.52

15.64

8.42% (28,867)

41–80

6.15

5.12

5.73

21.08

8.78

6.75

11.60

12.70

7.25

5.72

4.16

36.49

8.89% (494,280)

>81

10.18

6.14

8.45

17.07

13.41

6.68

23.78

14.09

7.79

7.10

6.78

42.76

8.74% (52,034)

T-category

In Situ

5.67

3.19

4.89

0.00

3.30

1.41

0.00

9.33

4.80

3.26

0.58

N/A

4.39% (26,766)

T1

5.63

3.74

4.99

19.02

6.24

2.74

5.21

7.85

3.05

2.87

1.00

3.94

5.96% (167,291)

T2

9.13

5.27

6.97

19.58

17.37

1.92

8.26

14.92

6.77

2.73

5.87

27.78

8.50% (110,683)

T3

20.11

9.55

11.05

45.95

24.07

5.61

24.79

20.32

19.57

14.17

25.70

58.25

11.26% (100,539)

T4

37.60

18.58

20.89

65.54

40.33

27.05

50.76

25.18

27.13

42.04

51.89

N/A

29.96% (77,740)

Grade

Well Differentiated

5.19

4.14

4.85

9.64

2.41

4.68

9.10

9.70

4.45

2.73

0.02

10.35

4.47% (44,669)

Mod Differentiated

6.66

5.23

6.07

15.99

4.75

5.82

19.52

13.81

6.32

3.61

2.53

25.98

7.51% (195,187)

Poorly Differentiated

7.21

5.94

6.59

27.31

14.47

12.47

32.77

18.61

8.71

8.44

10.77

45.22

13.11% (229,211)

Undifferentiated

8.45

6.95

7.76

31.51

16.26

15.54

61.89

20.57

9.91

16.28

15.58

48.31

16.46% (24,681)

Change over study period

Men

  

−3.22**

(3.96:2.47)

−0.213

(0.44:0.02)

2.95**

(2.62:3.27)

2.41**

(2.25:2.56)

−0.775*

(1.43:0.12)

−0.252

(0.83:0.33)

−0.374*

(0.65:0.10)

1.44**

(1.18–1.70)

NA

NA

 

Women

  

−3.63**

(3.70:3.55)

NA

3.72**

(3.11:4.33)

2.38**

(2.23:2.54)

0.528*

(0.12:0.19)

−1.15*v(1.89:0.41)

−0.74**

(0.99:0.49)

1.19**

(0.88:1.49)

0.481**

(0.33–0.64)

−4.59**

(5.2:3.97)

 
  1. a. Only tumors occurring in both genders are included here.
  2. b. Numbers given are percents unless otherwise indicated. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.001, Not applicable (NA).