andOurmer Joe Biden President was diagnosed with something “more aggressive” than prostate cancer, his office He said In a statement on Sunday.
According to the statement, Biden, 82, was diagnosed with cancer on Friday, May 16, when a medical examination after the “growing urine symptoms” experience. He added that Biden’s cancer was characterized by the result of Gleson 9, with a malignant tumor in the bone.
The office said: “Although this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, cancer seems to be sensitive to hormones, which allows effective management,” the office said. Biden and his family review the treatment options.
It is not the first Biden brush with cancer: he had a The lesion has been removed In 2023, it was found that he was cancer of the basal cells, and his son Bo died in 2015 due to brain cancer. The largest Biden also had Vascular stretching in the brain In the late eighties of the last century, he almost killed him. But the diagnosis of new prostate cancer has been met A wave of support for the former presidentLooking at his age as well as long concerns about his health.
Here is what to know about Biden’s disease has been diagnosed.
What is prostate cancer?
According to National Institute of CancerProstate cancer is a type of cancer that is formed in the prostate tissues – a gland in the reproductive system of males that add liquid to the semen.
Signs and symptoms may include a problem starting urination, assuming emptying the bladder, frequent urination, or weak urine flow and clips. In its advanced stages, the pain in the back, hips, or pelvis that does not disappear, shortness of breath, distress, rapid heartbeat, or pale skin that causes anemia.
As men are old, prostate may grow – a condition called benign prostate hyperplasia – causing such blockages, which can simulate the symptoms of prostate cancer. Doctors can perform a set of tests, from digital rectum examination to a blood test, to determine whether the patient has prostate cancer.
Most prostate cancers Slowly grow. Those who suffer from genetic or genetic prostate cancer may appear early or grow at a faster rate.
When it is limited to prostate, cancer can be treatment. The chances of prostate cancer have alive in the subsequent stages when the disease has spread, or spread to other parts of the body.
What is the degree of Gleson?
NCI identification Gleason’s degree as a way to describe prostate cancer depending on “how abnormal cancer cells appear in the biopsy sample under a microscope and how quickly they grow and spread.” It is “used to help plan the treatment and determine the diagnosis (result).”
The Gleason degree is calculated by adding the grades, measures of that anomaly, of two types of cells that make up the largest part of the biopsy prostate tissue.
GLASON usually ranges between 6 to 10, with a decrease in Gleason, which means that the cells look more normal and are likely to grow and spread slowly.
Biden 9 degree indicates more aggressive cancer. Dozens or 10 “high -quality”, or group 5.
The statement did not indicate the stage (I, II, III or IV) for Biden cancer, which describes the size and spread of cancer and is often used to understand the diagnosis, although it is likely to be the fourth stage. (There is no “stage 5”, as Donald Trump Junior has suggested about Biden’s diagnosis in A. After x))
Is prostate cancer healing?
Although advanced prostate cancer can not be treated fully, it can be treated, although the treatment is largely dependent on its development stage. With treatment, some patients can see that the disease falls into remission, which means that cancer cells are not detected.
Treatments can include surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormonal therapy.
Biden’s office announced that his cancer appears to be sensitive to hormones. Hormonal therapy prevents male sex hormones, which can cause prostate cancer cells.
What are the statistics of prostate cancer?
Prostate cancer is common in the elderly men, as NCI estimates that about 1 out of 8 males in the United States will be diagnosed with the disease. Prostate cancer is diagnosed, according to NCI, often in men between the ages of 65 and 74, with an average age of diagnosis in 68 years. The average life of death is 79.
NCI estimates that in 2025, there will be 313,780 cases of prostate cancer-or 15.4 % of all new cancer cases-and about 35,770 prostate cancer deaths or 5.8 % of all cancer-related deaths.
The relative survival rate for five years-or estimated the percentage of patients who are expected to survive the effects of their cancer for five years or more-prostate cancer 97.9 %.
While NCI stated that prostate cancer diagnoses increased by an annual rate of about 1.8 % from 2013 to 2022, death rates decreased on average 0.6 % every year from 2014 to 2023.
