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 *Score range: 6-10.
 **Technically 2-10... but almost no one uses 2-5.
-*Reported on biopsy (and [[TURP]]) as: (primary pattern) + (secondary pattern ''or'' tertiary pattern with the highest grade) = sum.
+*Reported on biopsy (and [[TURP]]) as: (primary pattern) + (highest non-primary pattern) = 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.
+**Example 1 - biopsy: ''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.
+**Example 2 - biopsy: ''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 may be absent.
 *Reported as on prostatectomies as: (primary pattern) + (secondary pattern) = sum, (tertiary pattern)