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Gleason score

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Gleason score
Oncology A value derived from the Gleason grading system which is the sum of the 2 most predominant histologic patterns seen in prostate CA
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7 years, range 52 to 75) with clinically localized prostate cancer, prostate specific antigen greater than 10 ng/ml, and/or a Gleason score sum of 7 or greater and negative bone scan were enrolled in the study.
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Gleason, the Minnesota pathologist who developed the Gleason score that is now used almost universally in the United States to predict the likely outcome of prostate cancer, died Dec.
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The doctor launched into an explanation of Gleason scores and treatment options--his recommendation was surgery to remove the prostate gland--and I kept nodding my head, but the only words that really penetrated were, "If we treat this, your long-term outlook is good.
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