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Yes, that is the same Gleason score that my husband had. I am just wondering if that ever changes. That was his score when they did the biopsy, However, with the delay in treatment, the PSA want up in the following months. Wouldn't that impact the Gleason score?
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According to literature I have read the Gleason score doesn’t change on the cells that are already examined. If you let the cancer continue to grow the Gleason score on new cells can be higher. And to even make it more complex when they do a biopsy, they only got about 1% of the tissue, so there could be higher This is just about Bill score cells already there.
If you have a prostatectomy, you can find out what the actual Gleason score is. In my case, after the biopsy, it was 3+4, After the prostatectomy, it was 4+3.
I know people that had 3+4 after biopsy and had Gleason nine after prostatectomy. The results really vary a lot.