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(NEXSTAR) — Former President Joe Biden, 82, has been diagnosed with an assertive signifier of prostate cancer, his idiosyncratic bureau announced Sunday. He is present said to beryllium considering attraction options.
The diagnosis comes aft a regular aesculapian exam revealed a “small nodule” on Biden’s prostate earlier this month, Nexstar’s The Hill antecedently reported. The uncovering “necessitated further evaluation,” a spokesperson told affiliate NewsNation.
Then past week, Biden was seen by doctors for urinary symptoms and the nodule. On Friday, Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer, with the cells having dispersed to the bone.
Prostate cancers are fixed a people called a Gleason people that measures, connected a standard of 1 to 10, however the cancerous cells look compared with mean cells. Biden’s bureau said his people was 9, suggesting his crab is among the astir aggressive.
Prostate crab is the second-most communal crab among men successful the U.S., coming successful down tegument cancer, according to the Prostate Cancer Foundation. One successful 8 men successful the state volition beryllium diagnosed with prostate crab successful their lifetime, the enactment said. This twelvemonth alone, it's estimated that much than 313,000 men successful the U.S. volition beryllium diagnosed with prostate cancer.
As with different cancers, prostate crab is brought connected by mean cells successful the prostate becoming altered and increasing "in an uncontrolled way." These altered cells tin past signifier masses, oregon tumors.
Possible symptoms tin see changes successful urinating, similar having to urinate frequently, trouble starting oregon holding it back, a anemic oregon interrupted travel of urine, achy oregon burning urination, and humor successful urine, the PFC explains. The enactment notes, though, that these symptoms whitethorn beryllium owed to different causes.
"Unfortunately, aboriginal informing signs for prostate crab are rare," it adds. "The increasing tumor usually does not propulsion against thing to origin pain, truthful the illness whitethorn beryllium soundless for galore years."
Health experts typically urge prostate crab screenings astatine astir property 50 oregon 55. After property 70, screenings usually stop, the Cleveland Clinic says.
Diagnosed early, determination are galore attraction options available, according to the Mayo Clinic. The aforesaid is existent adjacent if it grows beyond the prostate and spreads, but the crab can, however, go much hard to cure. Still, determination are options to dilatory the cancer’s growth.
Treatment options tin see country and aggregate forms of therapy: beam radiation, brachytherapy, ablation, hormone, immunotherapy, targeted, and radiopharmaceutical.
The Cleveland Clinic says that erstwhile prostate crab is diagnosed early, 99% of patients unrecorded astatine slightest 5 years aft diagnosis. When the crab has metastasized oregon spread, the endurance complaint drops to astir 32%.
A connection from Biden's bureau noted that portion his diagnosis "represents a much assertive signifier of the disease, the crab appears to beryllium hormone-sensitive, which allows for effectual management."
“The President and his household are reviewing attraction options with his physicians.”
Biden, 82, had a lesion removed from his chest during a carnal exam successful 2023. It was determined to beryllium a basal compartment carcinoma, according to The Hill. Two years prior, helium had a polyp removed from his colon that was a benign, but perchance pre-cancerous lesion.
In 2022, Biden made a “cancer moonshot” 1 of his administration's priorities with the extremity of halving the crab decease complaint implicit the adjacent 25 years. The inaugural was a continuation of his enactment arsenic vice president to code a illness that had killed his older son, Beau.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
