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====Management==== | ====Management==== | ||
The management changes between Gleason 6, 7 & 8; typically, the implications are: | The management changes between Gleason 6, 7 & 8; typically, the implications are: | ||
* Gleason 6: watchful waiting or radioactive seeds | * Gleason 6: watchful waiting ''or'' radioactive seeds; surgery if patient wants. | ||
* Gleason 7: do something. | * Gleason 7: do something - often surgery. | ||
* Gleason 8+: bad cancer - do something quickly! | * Gleason 8+: bad cancer - do something quickly! | ||
Bottom line: You want to be sure when you call something Gleason pattern 4 | Bottom line: | ||
*You want to be sure when you call something Gleason pattern 4. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||