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Gleason score grading for prostate cancer
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What is the Gleason score?
Where does the Gleason score come from?
What are the grades of prostate cancer?
How is the Gleason score calculated?
What are the grade groups?
What does each grade group mean?
Why do two grade groups have the same Gleason score?
What's the difference between grading and staging?
How is prostate cancer treated by grade group?
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What are the prognosis and survival rates for prostate cancer?
What is the Gleason score?
Where does the Gleason score come from?
What are the grades of prostate cancer?
How is the Gleason score calculated?
What are the grade groups?
What does each grade group mean?
Why do two grade groups have the same Gleason score?
What's the difference between grading and staging?
How is prostate cancer treated by grade group?
Grade group 1
Grade group 2
Grade group 3
Grade group 4
Grade group 5
What are the prognosis and survival rates for prostate cancer?
Grade group 2
If the number of grade 4 cells is low, active surveillance may be an option. This decision includes other factors such as your imaging test results, age, overall health and personal preference.
When the cancer is limited to only the prostate, treatment options may include radiation therapy, surgery to remove the prostate gland, or ablation therapy with hot and cold to hurt the cancer cells.
