Talk:Prostate cancer grading
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Separate nodule upgrading
Comment: The World Health Organization (WHO) grade (group) is: 4 out of 5.
Gleason pattern 3 represents 15% of the cancer, and Gleason pattern 4 represents 85% of the cancer. The Gleason pattern 4 is concentrated in a nodule at the apex; the overall grade is based on this (separate) nodule.
Is grading of the index (dominant) nodule in prostate cancer of greater prognostic significance than global grading?
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2023.08.005
Index grade group is superior to composite grade group for prediction of biochemical recurrence following radical prostatectomy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2022.10.012