Table 2. Radical prostatectomy grades stratified by biopsy Gleason scores.
| Biopsy GS | 5–6 | 3 + 4 = 7 | 4 + 3 = 7 | 8 | 9–10 | |||||
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| Radical prostatectomy GS | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) |
| 5–6 | 3230 | (63.7) | 190 | (12.0) | 33 | (5.4) | 3 | (1.1) | 4 | (3.4) |
| 3 + 3 + T | 567 | (11.2) | 196 | (12.4) | 22 | (3.6) | 3 | (1.1) | 1 | (0.8) |
| 3 + 4 = 7 | 946 | (18.7) | 784 | (49.7) | 172 | (28.0) | 32 | (12.3) | 4 | (3.4) |
| 3 + 4 + T | 70 | (1.4) | 74 | (4.7) | 26 | (4.2) | 16 | (6.1) | 5 | (4.2) |
| 4 + 3 = 7 | 152 | (3.0) | 201 | (12.7) | 174 | (28.3) | 49 | (18.8) | 6 | (5.0) |
| 4 + 3 + T | 47 | (0.9) | 84 | (5.3) | 105 | (17.1) | 31 | (11.9) | 17 | (14.3) |
| GS 8 | 26 | (0.5) | 25 | (1.6) | 25 | (4.1) | 56 | (21.5) | 6 | (5.0) |
| GS 8 + T | 11 | (0.2) | 4 | (0.3) | 25 | (4.1) | 24 | (9.2) | 7 | (5.9) |
| GS 9–10 | 22 | (0.4) | 19 | (1.2) | 33 | (5.4) | 47 | (18.0) | 69 | (58.0) |
| Total | 5071 | (100.0) | 1577 | (100.0) | 615 | (100.0) | 261 | (100.0) | 119 | (100.0) |
GS = Gleason score; T = tertiary higher grade pattern.
For Gleason pattern 6, T refers to the presence of either tertiary pattern 4 or 5. For any Gleason pattern >6, T refers to tertiary pattern 5.