Gleason grading of prostate cancer: a predictor of survival. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The Gleason grading system was employed in the pathologic assessment of 82 patients with carcinoma of the prostate diagnosed between 1962-1965 and subsequently followed to death. The data suggest that the Gleason grade gives long-term prognostic information independent of stage with a direct correlation between increasing Gleason grade and cancer death rate index. Furthermore, the sum of clinical stage plus Gleason grade is a more significant prognostic factor than either stage or grade alone.

publication date

  • March 1, 1985

Research

keywords

  • Prostatic Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0022236144

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/0090-4295(85)90316-4

PubMed ID

  • 3976112

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 25

issue

  • 3