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.

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 ...

"The Gleason score is a grading system used by urologists to assess a prostate cancer’s aggressiveness based on how cells from the tumor look under a microscope," Fox Chase Cancer Center explains.

Gleason score of 7: Cancer is intermediate and more likely to grow or spread over time. Gleason score of 8 to 10: Cancer is high-grade and may need more aggressive treatment .

Biden's cancer is characterized as having a Gleason score of 9. Here's what to know about the system for describing prostate cancer and what it means. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

What is a Gleason score?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 ...

What is a Gleason score?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 ...

What is a Gleason score?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 ...

What is a Gleason score?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 ...

What is a Gleason score?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 ...

What is a Gleason score?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 ...

What is a Gleason score?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 ...