What was the “Gleason Score” and Staging?
Underwriting Comment: The Gleason Score and the Staging are crucial to pricing a prostate cancer case. Most clients won’t know this information, but they can get it in minutes by calling the physician treating their prostate cancer. See this link for an explanation of Gleason Score: http://www.wmfurology.com/pcagleason.htm See this link for an explanation of Staging: http://www.kcc.tju.edu/RadOnc/brachy/boo1.htm 3) How was the prostate cancer treated and when did it end? Underwriting Comment: The kind of treatment will be determined by the size of the tumor, the tumor’s aggressiveness, the degree of tumor’s invasion and the age of the patient. Small cancers well contained in the prostate of older men (i.e. age 70 or older) may require only “watchful waiting.” Advanced cancers that have spread outside the prostate gland may require multiple treatment modalities. There are generally four treatments available for prostate cancer: • Watchful Waiting—This is reserved for older clients (i.
