According to his office statement, the aggressive type of prostate cancer was diagnosed by former US President Joe Biden. Last week, Biden was admitted to the Philadelphia hospital, where doctors identified a “small node” on their prostate, which required further evaluation.
The 82 -year -old former president dealt with symptoms of urine, his office reported on Sunday.
What are the symptoms of prostate cancer?
According to the World Health Organization report (WHO), prostate cancer usually first causes symptoms simply by reducing the flow of urine, leading to poor current, dribbing and need to pass urine several times during the night.
“There may also be blood in the urine. Benign prostate enlargement is, of course, very common and causes the same symptoms. The only ways to distinguish each other are biopsy and dog,” he added.
In more advanced cases, prostate cancer can spread (metastasize) to bones or lymph nodes, causing: bone pain (especially in sides, back or thighs), inexplicable weight loss and fatigue.
How much Biden’s cancer has spread?
According to Kelly Scully, the cancer has spread to bones – the development observed about 60% of advanced cases of prostate cancer based on zero prostate cancer data.
Scully also noted that Biden’s cancer had Gleason’s score 9, suggesting a highly aggressive form of disease. The Gleason score is used to measure, as is likely that prostate cancer has to grow and spread, a score of 9 signals rapidly growing and potentially more dangerous cancer.
Treatment
“Although it represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer seems to be sensitive to hormones, allowing effective treatment,” Scully said, as Bloomberg says. “The President and his family review the treatment options with their doctors.”
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Since its cancer is sensitive to hormones, it can still respond to hormonal therapy that works by blocking the production or effect of testosterone-terrible hormone for prostate cancer growth, reports in the report.
For advanced prostate cancer, treatment options usually include hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, radiation or a combination of these approaches. Hormonal therapy can help manage the disease and alleviate symptoms, while chemotherapy is generally considered when cancer is aggressive or no longer responds to hormone -based treatment.
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“Although it represents a more aggressive form of the disease, cancer seems to be sensitive to hormones, allowing effective control,” Scully said. “The President and his family review the treatment options with their doctors.”
Because its cancer is sensitive to hormones, it can still respond to hormonal therapy, which includes the cessation of testosterone production or cancer cells. Prostate problems, including cancer, are common in older men. Biden was the oldest serving president in American history.
The problem of Biden’s age reappeared due to the immediate publication of the book and the publication of Axios sound from Biden’s 2023 interviews with special advisor Robert Hur, who at that time described as a “older man with poor memory”.
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Since withdrawal from the office, Biden has largely remained outside the public eyes and spoke only after the first 100 days of President Donald Trump. With the upcoming publishing of his book, however, he began to appear in more interviews, including programs such as ABC’s The View, where – even in the usually favorable environment – faced questions about his age.
Although it represents a more aggressive form of disease, cancer seems to be sensitive to hormones, allowing effective control.
Cancer was a deeply personal problem for biden. In 2015, his son Beau died after fighting brain cancer. During his work, Biden led the “Cancer Mooonshot” initiative, which advocated greater investments in cancer research and efforts to accelerate the search for drugs, Bloomberg reported.
(With Bloomberg inputs)
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