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Should i be concerned if my uncle has prostate cancer, what is a gleason score?
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Yes: Gleason score is assigned by the pathologist based on microscopy, and tells how aggressive the cancer is likely to be. Low gleason cancers nowadays may even simply be watched rather than overtreating. Common prostate cancer has only a modest tendency to run in families. Best wishes.
Answered 12/24/2013
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