The Gleason system in the prostatic adenocarcinoma
- Author:
Ngo Quoc Dat
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Prostate cancer
- MeSH:
Prostatic Neoplasms;
Neoplasms
- From:Journal Ho Chi Minh Medical
2005;9(3):134-139
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
In cancer diseases, it is very important to grade histologically because there was close association between histological grades and prognoses. There were many grade systems of prostatic adenocarcinoma, among them the Gleason system was used most widely. In Gleason system, there are 5 grades, with well-differentiated tumors are in grade 1, and the least differentiated tumors in grade 5. The Gleason system is very useful not only in the prognoses, predictions of natural progresses of prostate cancer, but also in the evaluations of recurrence after total prostectomies or radiotherapies
