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Have you had a biopsy of your prostate? Your doctor may give you results in the form of a Gleason Score. Find out what it means.
If prostate cancer is found in a biopsy sample, the pathologist will assign it a grade, which is based on how abnormal the cancer looks under the microscope. Higher-grade cancers look more abnormal, and they are more likely to grow faster.
A prostate biopsy is used to detect prostate cancer. Your doctor may recommend a prostate biopsy if: A PSA test shows levels higher than normal for your age; Your doctor finds lumps or other abnormalities during a digital rectal exam; You've had a previous biopsy with a normal result, but you still have elevated PSA levels
If you have a biopsy of your prostate, the pathologist will get “cores” of prostate tissue (cylinder-shaped samples). If you have surgery, called a prostatectomy, the pathologist will get samples of the entire prostate gland, seminal vesicles, vas deferens, and lymph node(s).
Your prostate biopsy results will show if any cancer was found and how aggressive it is (how likely it is to spread outside the prostate). You might hear this called your Gleason grade, Gleason score or grade group.
To determine whether there are cancer cells in the prostate, your doctor may recommend a procedure to collect a sample of cells from your prostate (prostate biopsy). Prostate biopsy is often done using a thin needle that's inserted into the prostate to collect tissue.
If the results of a PSA blood test, DRE, or other tests suggest that you might have prostate cancer, you will most likely need a prostate biopsy. A biopsy is a procedure in which small samples of the prostate are removed and looked at with a microscope.