The Gleason score is a grading system for prostate cancer, according to the Cleveland Clinic. It usually ranges from a 6, which is low-grade cancer, to a 10, which is considered a high-grade cancer.

Joe Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis reveals a high Gleason score, indicating aggressive cancer. Dr. Arpeet Shah and Dr. Nicole Saphier comment on what this means for prognosis.

The score ranges from 6 to 10 because grades 1 and 2 are rarely used for cancer diagnosis. (a score of 1-2 means that you do not have cancer) A lower Gleason score (like 6) means the cancer is ...

Another article in that journal says, "Of all men with a Gleason score of 9–10, 34% were alive at the end of follow-up, while 43% died of prostate cancer and 23% died of other causes." ...

Prostate cancers are graded for aggressiveness using what’s known as a Gleason score. The scores range from 6 to 10, with 8, 9 and 10 prostate cancers behaving more aggressively. Why are Gleason ...

Prostate cancers are graded for aggressiveness using what’s known as a Gleason score. The scores range from 6 to 10, with 8, 9 and 10 prostate cancers behaving more aggressively. Why are Gleason ...

Prostate cancers are graded for aggressiveness using what’s known as a Gleason score. The scores range from 6 to 10, with 8, 9 and 10 prostate cancers behaving more aggressively. Why are Gleason ...

Prostate cancers are graded for aggressiveness using what’s known as a Gleason score. The scores range from 6 to 10, with 8, 9 and 10 prostate cancers behaving more aggressively. Why are Gleason ...

Prostate cancers are graded for aggressiveness using what’s known as a Gleason score. The scores range from 6 to 10, with 8, 9 and 10 prostate cancers behaving more aggressively. Why are Gleason ...

Prostate cancers are graded for aggressiveness using what’s known as a Gleason score. The scores range from 6 to 10, with 8, 9 and 10 prostate cancers behaving more aggressively. Why are Gleason ...

Prostate cancers are graded for aggressiveness using what’s known as a Gleason score. The scores range from 6 to 10, with 8, 9 and 10 prostate cancers behaving more aggressively. Why are Gleason ...

Prostate cancers are graded for aggressiveness using what’s known as a Gleason score. The scores range from 6 to 10, with 8, 9 and 10 prostate cancers behaving more aggressively. Why are Gleason ...