{"id":28011,"date":"2025-05-19T03:12:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T03:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=28011"},"modified":"2025-05-19T03:26:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T03:26:23","slug":"joe-biden-is-diagnosed-with-an-aggressive-form-of-prostate-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=28011","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Is Diagnosed With an Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The cancer has metastasized to the bone, according to a statement from Mr. Biden\u2019s personal office.<\/p>\n

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Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was diagnosed on Friday with an aggressive form of prostate cancer<\/a> that has spread to his bones, his office said in a statement on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The diagnosis came after Mr. Biden reported urinary symptoms, which led doctors to find a \u201csmall nodule\u201d<\/a> on his prostate. Mr. Biden\u2019s cancer is \u201ccharacterized by a Gleason score of 9\u201d with \u201cmetastasis to the bone,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

The Gleason score is used to describe how prostate cancers look under a microscope; 9 and 10 are the most aggressive. The cancer is Stage 4, which means it has spread.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management,\u201d according to the statement from Mr. Biden\u2019s office, which was unsigned. \u201cThe president and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr. Biden, 82, left office in January as the oldest-serving president in American history. Throughout his presidency, Mr. Biden faced questions about his age and his health, ultimately leading him to abandon his re-election campaign under pressure from his own party.<\/p>\n

Prostate cancer experts say that Mr. Biden\u2019s diagnosis is serious, and that once the cancer has spread to the bones \u2014 where it tends to go \u2014 it cannot be cured. But Dr. Judd Moul, a prostate cancer expert at Duke University, said men whose prostate cancer has spread \u201ccan live five, seven, 10 or more years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The cancer has metastasized to the bone, according to a statement from Mr. Biden\u2019s personal office.Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was diagnosed on Friday with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office said in a statement on Sunday.The diagnosis came after Mr. Biden reported urinary symptoms, which led doctors to find a \u201csmall nodule\u201d on his prostate. Mr. Biden\u2019s cancer is \u201ccharacterized by a Gleason score of 9\u201d with \u201cmetastasis to the bone,\u201d the statement said.The Gleason score is used to describe how prostate cancers look under a microscope; 9 and 10 are the most aggressive. The cancer is Stage 4, which means it has spread.\u201cWhile this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management,\u201d according to the statement from Mr. Biden\u2019s office, which was unsigned. \u201cThe president and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.\u201dMr. Biden, 82, left office in January as the oldest-serving president in American history. Throughout his presidency, Mr. Biden faced questions about his age and his health, ultimately leading him to abandon his re-election campaign under pressure from his own party.Prostate cancer experts say that Mr. Biden\u2019s diagnosis is serious, and that once the cancer has spread to the bones \u2014 where it tends to go \u2014 it cannot be cured. But Dr. Judd Moul, a prostate cancer expert at Duke University, said men whose prostate cancer has spread \u201ccan live five, seven, 10 or more years.\u201dWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28013,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28011"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28014,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28011\/revisions\/28014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}