The Gleason grading system is composed of a Gleason grade and a Gleason score, the latter of which is the result of the two most common grades present in the tumor.

Dr. Donald Gleason. In medicine, technological advances and breakthroughs happen at lightning-paced speeds. But in the realm of prostate cancer, one major development, the Gleason grading system for ...

The Gleason grading system, or Gleason score, refers to how likely the cancer is to advance and spread, but does not predict the outcome.

Understanding the Gleason Score The Gleason score is the histopathologic grading system for assessing the architectural patterns of prostate cancer cells in biopsies.

As news of former President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis spreads, people may be wondering what the signs and symptoms are of the cancer that affects one in eight men.