Biden diagnoses with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, says his office

Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, which has spread to his bones, his office said in an explanation on Sunday.

According to the statement, Biden “Prostate Cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone” was diagnosed. The statement stated that it is a “more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer seems to be sensitive to hormone that enables effective management”.

“The president and his family check the treatment options with his doctors,” said his office.

Biden was evaluated After a small knot was found in the prostate that required another rating, his office announced last week.

Prostate cancer is common, second in skin cancer as the most common cancer that affects men, according to the Cleveland Clinic. According to the centers for the control and prevention of diseases, 100 men 13 will develop prostate cancer at a certain point in time.

Although all men are exposed to prostate cancer risk, the age is the most common risk factor, says the CDC.

“The older a man is, the greater the chance of suffering prostate cancer,” says the CDC.

Biden is 82 and left an office as the oldest president of historyAlthough President Trump, who is 78, was the oldest person in January who decreased.

Mr. Trump released on Sunday that he and First Lady Melania Trump “are sad about Joe Biden's recent medical diagnosis”.

“We expand Jill and the family our warmest and best wishes and wish Joe a quick and successful recovery,” continued Mr. Trump's post.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris said in a declaration on Sunday on social media that she and her husband Doug Emhoff “keep him in our hearts and prayers at this time”.

“Joe is a fighter – and I know that he will face this challenge with the same strength, resilience and optimism that has always defined his life and leadership,” said Harris. “We are confident about complete and quick recovery.”

Other chosen civil servants too offered your best wishes For bidges and his family on Sunday.

What is a Gleason game?

According to the Cleveland Clinic, Gleason scores are an evaluation system for prostate cancer. Pathologists rate each tissue sample on a scale of 1 to 5. The lower the degree, the more cancer cells look like normal cells.

Each area of ​​prostate cancer can have a different degree, so pathologists select the two areas that make up the majority of the cancer. According to the Cleveland Clinic, add the notes of the two areas to achieve a Gleason score.

Biden had a Gleason points of 9 (grade 5). A score of 9 is the second highest in which the “cells look very different from healthy cells, which are described as poorly differentiated or undifferentiated,” said the Cleveland clinic.

Its Gleason points of 9 (Gradgruppe 5) brings it to the most aggressive risk category. According to the clinical framework, this categorization indicates a high probability of extracapsular expansion, high metastatic potential and a poor prognosis without intervention.

According to Dr. Celine Gounder, medical employee of CBS News, confirms the presence of bone metastases according to NCCN and ESMO stratification systems in the group with high/very risky management in the group with high/very risky management.

Bids family history with cancer

Bidens son, Beau Biden died of glioblastomaOr brain cancer in 2015 at the age of 46. The former president has long claimed that his son's cancer was at least caused by exposure to combustion pits in Iraq.

The former president was too treated for skin cancer two years ago. At the time the White House doctor said that bids had a small skin lesion with cancer tissue during the chest his physical examination.

Bidens Cancer “Moonshot”

The cancer “Moonshot” was launched in 2016 by former President Barack Obama and led by Biden, the Vice President, after the death of Beau. The initiative was launched with 1.8 billion US dollars of federal funds that have been distributed over seven years.

Biden restarted it in 2022, with the White House said at the time that the goal was “cancer as we know it today”.

Sara Moniuszko contributed to this report.