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→Gleason grading system
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*Score range: 6-10. | *Score range: 6-10. | ||
**Technically 2-10... but almost no one uses 2-5. | **Technically 2-10... but almost no one uses 2-5. | ||
*Reported on biopsy as: (primary pattern) + (secondary pattern ''or'' tertiary pattern with the highest grade) = sum. | *Reported on biopsy (and [[TURP]]) as: (primary pattern) + (secondary pattern ''or'' tertiary pattern with the highest grade) = sum. | ||
**e.g. ''Gleason score 3+4=7'' means: pattern 3 is present and dominant, pattern 4 is the remainder of the tumour - but present in a lesser amount than pattern 3. | **e.g. ''Gleason score 3+4=7'' means: pattern 3 is present and dominant, pattern 4 is the remainder of the tumour - but present in a lesser amount than pattern 3. | ||
*Reported as on prostatectomies as: (primary pattern) + (secondary pattern) = sum, (tertiary pattern) | *Reported as on prostatectomies as: (primary pattern) + (secondary pattern) = sum, (tertiary pattern) | ||