Donald Floyd Gleason
Donald Floyd Gleason
Born	20 November 1920 Spencer, Iowa
Died	28 December 2008
Nationality	United States
Fields	pathologist
Known for	Gleason score

Donald Floyd Gleason(20 November 1920 -28 December 2008) was an American pathologist known for his test , the Gleason score, a measure of malignancy of the prostate cancer.

[edit] References

• Filosa, Alessandra; Fabiani Andrea (Apr. 2009). "Dr. Donald Floyd Gleason's historic, immense contribution to urologic pathology" (in eng). Anal. Quant. Cytol. Histol. (United States) 31 (2): 123-4. ISSN 0884-6812. PMID 19402390. 
• Phillips, John L; Sinha Akhouri A (Sep. 2009). "Patterns, art, and context: Donald Floyd Gleason and the development of the Gleason grading system" (in eng). Urology (United States) 74 (3): 497-503. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2009.01.012. PMID 19716899. 
• Gleason, Donald F; Mellinger George T, (Feb. 2002). "Prediction of prognosis for prostatic adenocarcinoma by combined histological grading and clinical staging. 1974" (in eng). J. Urol. (United States) 167 (2 Pt 2): 953-8; discussion 959. ISSN 0022-5347. PMID 11905924. 

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