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**Technically 2-10... but almost no one uses 2-5. | **Technically 2-10... but almost no one uses 2-5. | ||
*Reported on biopsy (and [[TURP]]) as: (primary pattern) + (highest non-primary pattern) = sum. | *Reported on biopsy (and [[TURP]]) as: (primary pattern) + (highest non-primary pattern) = sum. | ||
** | **''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. | ||
** | **''Gleason score 4+5=9'' means: pattern 4 is present and dominant, pattern 5 is present in a lesser amount that pattern 4. Pattern 3 may be present in a quantity less than pattern 4 or is absent. | ||
*Reported as on prostatectomies as: (primary pattern) + (secondary pattern) = sum, (tertiary pattern) | *Reported as on prostatectomies as: (primary pattern) + (secondary pattern) = sum, (tertiary pattern) | ||