Question 1

what is the gleason score?

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Prostate pathology: The gleason grading system, which is based solely upon architectural features of prostate cancer cells, closely correlates with clinical behavior. A higher score indicates a greater likelihood of having non-organ confined disease, as well as a worse outcome after treatment of localized disease.  Details are here: http://1.Usa.Gov/nrmzis.

Question 2

what is a gleason score of 7?

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Prostate pathology: The gleason grading system, which is based solely upon architectural features of prostate cancer cells, closely correlates with clinical behavior. A higher score indicates a greater likelihood of having non-organ confined disease, as well as a worse outcome after treatment of localized disease.  Details are here: http://1.Usa.Gov/nrmzis.

Question 3

male age72.gleason score of 6.what is my prognosis?

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Use a nomogram.: Prostate cancer is difficult to predict, but many   'nomograms' have been developed to help patients answer this question. Below is a link for prostate cancer. Put in information such as your age, psa, gleason grade, clinical stage, &  few other variables; it will show you a prediction for extent of disease and treatment outcome.
Go to: nomograms.Mskcc.Org/prostate/.

Question 4

could anyone please tell me what a gleason score is?

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Prostate cancer: Gleason grading is used to describe prostate cancer under a low-power microscope.  The two most prominent  findings are assigned a score from 1-5, based on specific critieria (degree of departure from normal gland structure).  These 2 numbers are added together to get the gleason sum.  Most common results are gleason 3+3=6.  The higher the numbers, the more aggressive the cancer.

Question 5

could you explain what does a gleason score of 7 mean?

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Gleason score: Gleason score is a determination of aggressiveness if prostate cancer as determined by a pathologist interpretation  of tissue from a prostate biopsy.  He determines the least aggressive glands and gives a score of 1-5, then he looks for more aggressive  glands or cells and gives a score of 1-5. The combined score is the gleason score from 2-10. Score of 2-4 is well diff, 5-7 mod diff, 8-10 poor d.

Question 6

what is the definition or description of: gleason score?

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Gleason: This is how pathologists grade prostate cancer on needle biopsies. It ranges from 1-5 and the.Most two common patterns are added to get a gleason score which can range from 2-10  the higher the score the.More aggressive the cancer.

Question 7

gleason score eqivalent without biopsy?

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Question unclear: Gleason score for prostate cancer depends upon a biopsy or tissue diagnosis of a surgical prostatectomy specimen. Gleason graded according to microscopic appearance of cancer grades between 
1-5. 1 being least malignant. Score is obtained by adding grade # of most prevalent cell type to grade # of second most prevalent cell type. Thus grade4 + grade 3 gets a gleason score of 7.

Question 8

could a patient receive a gleason score of 0?

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No: Gleason score of 5 or less is considered pretty low(scale of 4-10).

Question 9

does a gleason score of 8 mean prognosis is very bad. so much info on internet is very scary and they all seem to give false inaccurate ?

Accepted Answer

Needs treatment: The Gleason score (grade) assesses how aggressive the prostate cancer is.  8 is on the aggressive side meaning that it has a higher chance of spread outside of the prostate. You need to talk to your urologist about imaging studies to make sure no spread has occurred.  Also this is a prostate cancer that needs treatment (cannot be observed).  Talk to your doc about options

Question 10

for gleason score of 7, what are my treatment options?

Accepted Answer

All: Depending on psa and number of positive biopsies, you likely have moderate risk disease. You could do either surgery or radiation. Also depends on your age; surgery is better the younger you are. Good luck.

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