The Gleason score reliably predicts lethal prostate cancer for up to 25 years after diagnosis. High-grade prostate cancers progress rapidly in the short term, while lower grade tumors can still lead ...

Prostate cancer is an aggressive cancer that develops in the prostate gland, a small gland in the male reproductive system that produces fluid for semen. It is the most common cancer in men, after ...

Former U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent cancer diagnosis brought widespread attention to what is known as the “Gleason score,” a grading system used to assess the prognosis of men with prostate ...

As part of its Speaking Out video series, CURE talked to Dr. Brian Keith McNeil, on behalf of ZERO Prostate Cancer, about understanding Gleason Score and prostate cancer risk. A Gleason score is a ...

A key detail in understanding prostate cancer is the Gleason score, a grading system used to predict how aggressive the cancer might be. It ranges from 6 to 10, with higher scores indicating a more ...

Detection of circulating tumor cells and PTEN loss in localized prostate cancer before and after radical prostatectomy: Prognostic implications and predictors of treatment response. Secondary outcomes ...

Staging means finding out how far prostate cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group prostate cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being ...

Experts disagree on whether prostate cancer with a Gleason score of 6 (GS6) should be re-labeled as non-cancerous. Writing in a commentary in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Scott Eggener, MD, and ...