Dr. Shah is the ONLY prostate cancer surgeon in the state to publish results of his surgeries!

In 2011, The prestigious Journal of Urology published a study which looked at the collective incidence of positive surgical margins (PSMs) with radical prostatectomy, as performed by surgeons in the state of NM. A positive surgical margin is cancer present at the edge of the prostate when it is removed. The incidence of PSMs is one measure of the quality of a cancer surgery - that is, the lower the PSM rate, the better the outcome.

In this study, men with organ-confined cancers who were treated with open traditional prostatectomy in the year 2007 (before Dr. Shah came to NM) had a 28% PSM rate.

However, men treated with robotic surgery in NM (98% of which Dr. Shah performed), had a 15% PSM - significantly lower. Dr. Shah believes this low PSM rate - evidence of excellent cancer control - is partly due to the magnification and precision inherent in the robotic surgical system. But remember, the robot does not perform the surgery - your surgeon performs the surgery - hence experience matters!

You can read more about this study by clicking here.