US EditionFormer President Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive' form of prostate cancer
- Former President Joe Biden, aged 82, was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer that spread to his bones on Friday and announced by his office on Sunday.
- Biden reported urinary symptoms which led to detection of a prostate nodule and subsequent tests confirmed the cancer with a Gleason score of 9 indicating high aggressiveness.
- Biden’s cancer is hormone-sensitive, allowing treatment management, and his family is currently reviewing options with physicians amid concerns shaped by his health history and political career.
- Public figures including Barack Obama and Kamala Harris expressed support, with Obama stating Biden has done “more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer” and Harris praising his strength and resilience.
- While metastatic prostate cancer is incurable, patients often live four to five years or longer, and Biden’s diagnosis underlines the urgency of his cancer moonshot initiative aiming to halve cancer deaths over 25 years.
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