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Architecture Score Gleason Grading System Grade Prostate Adenocarcinoma

Front How do we use the Gleason grading system to grade Prostate Adenocarcinoma?

Back based on ARCHITECTURE ALONE --> not nuclear atypia:

architecture varies from one area to another

biopsy 2 separate areas, and give each a score (1-5) & add them together

High score (close to 10) suggests worse prognosis

Tags: pathoma_ch.14_male_genital_prostate

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