How Important Is the Gleason Score?

The Gleason Score is very important in predicting the behavior of a prostate cancer.  Still, other factors are also important such as:

  • The PSA Level
  • Findings on a rectal exam
  • How much of each core is made up of cancer
  • The number of cores that contain cancer
  • Whether cancer was found in both sides of the prostate
  • Whether the cancer has spread outside the prostate

The real bottom line: this is not just a man’s disease. It’s a couple’s disease. It takes two to conquer it. But the love can, and will, and life will go on!”

~Janet Buss, wife of prostate cancer survivor Norm Buss

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