What Does Low Grade Cancer Mean?

Tumor grade is a system used by medical professionals, such as doctors and pathologists, in order to classify cancer cells into different groups dependent upon how severe the cells are. Generally, the severity of cancer cells are classified in terms of how abnormal the cells appear under a microscope and how quickly they're likely to grow and spread. The specific factors used to determine the grade of cancer cells vary with different types of cancer.
There are two main types of tumor grade used. The Histologic grade, also known as differentiation, compares the resemblance of tumor cells with normal cells of the same tissue type. The nuclear grade analyses the shape and size of the tumor cells nucleus and the percentage of cells that are dividing.
Pathologists (doctors who study cells in order to identify disease) commonly classify cancerous tumors (malignant tumors) into four main groups of severity. These are named grade 1 to grade 4, where grade 1 classifies the lower severity cancers and grade 4 classifies the highest. These grades are often referred to as low grade, intermediate grade and high grade.
Lower severity cancers (grade 1, low grade) tend to grow quite slowly. They look fairly similar to normal cells of the same tissue type (well-differentiated), are less aggressive than higher-grade cancer cells and are less likely to spread. Higher severity cancers (grade 3/4, high grade) grow quite rapidly, look very different to the normal cells of the same tissue type (poorly-differentiated), are more aggressive and are very likely to spread. Intermediate grade (grade 2) cancers refer to the middle ground between the two extremes of cancerous cell.
There are other types of grading system used. Some examples of these are the Gleason system, the Bloom-Richardson system and the Fuhrman system.

A low grade cancer refers to a tumour which is less aggressive in behaviour as compared to high grade cancer. A low grade cancer can turn into a high grade one if not taken proper care at the right time. It is a grading system invented by doctors to differentiate between the seriousness of tumours and cancers. Your cancer can be easily treated if spotted at the low grade. You may have to go through less trauma and pain compared to high grade cancer. The chances of death too are less when compared to high grade cancer. The expenses will also be turn out to be less. There are four types of grades involved. First comes the low grade, then intermediate grade, the high grade and Anaplastic. Grading is a very useful system.

I was informed that I had low grade tumors removed from my bladder, which is the lowest and least dangerous. There is low grade, high grade and then invasive. With invasive the most dangerous.

I have been diagnosed having had a hysterectomy & ovaries removed as having some low grade cancer cells in the top third of my womb - although all seems to have been removed the hospital are now suggesting radio therapy - what for ?

I have just had a lump removed from my neck, now the surgeon informs me that the tests on the lump show signs of low grade cancer,They are also thinking of removing my sliver glands is this a normal procedure