Prostate Cancer Histologic grading

Aka: Prostate Cancer Histologic grading, Gleason Grading, Gleason Score

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II. Grading: Score

  1. Grade dominant Prostate tumor on scale 1 to 5
  2. Grade other histologic patterns on scale 1 to 5
  3. Sum 2 grades for total score of 2 to 10 for tumor

III. Interpretation: Prostate Cancer histology

  1. Grade 2 suggests highly differentiated tumor (best)
  2. Grade 10 suggests undifferentiated tumor (worst)

IV. Reference

  1. Wilson (1991) Harrison's Internal Medicine, p. 1630

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