In addition to prostate cancer, an 82 -year -old former democratic president also presents “bone metastases”, the former president of the United States Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer, with “metastases in bones”, announced on Sunday (18/05) the former personal office of the democratic leader.
“Last week, President Joe Biden was examined to discover a new lump of the prostate after having increased the urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade 5 group) with bone metastases”, the declaration.
The note also states that “although this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, cancer seems to be sensitive to hormones, which allows effective treatment”.
Biden, 82 years old, was examined last week by doctors after urinary symptoms and a prostate lump were detected. “The president and his family are analyzing the therapeutic options with his doctors,” adds the declaration.
Prostate cancer receives a score called Gleason score that measures, on a scale from 1 to 10, the appearance of cancer cells compared to normal cells. The Biden score, 9, suggests that his cancer is among the most aggressive.
When prostate cancer spreads to other parts of the body, it often spreads to the bones. Cancer with metastases is often more difficult to face than localized cancer, since drugs may not reach all tumors and completely eliminate the disease.
However, when prostate cancer needs hormones to grow, like biden, it can react better treatment.
Prostate cancer is the second most common tumor that affects men, behind only skin cancer. The United States’s control and prevention control and prevention center (CDC) underlines that 13 out of 100 men will develop prostate cancer at some point in their lives.
Biden’s diagnosis occurs almost a decade after losing his eldest son, Beau, then 46, for brain cancer.
Reactions
After the announcement of the declaration, the President of the United States Donald Trump said he was saddened by the news.
“Melania [primeira-dama] And I’m sad to know Joe Biden’s recent medical diagnosis. We send to [sua mulher] Jill and his family our best votes and we wish Joe a quick and successful recovery “, wrote Donald on his social platform of online truth.
The former vice -president of the United States Kamala Harris also declared today that he was “sad” with the news of the diagnosis. “Joe is a fighter – and I know he will face this challenge with the same strength, resilience and optimism that have always defined his life and leadership,” wrote Kamala Harris on the social network.
Biden Health
Joe Biden’s health was a recurring concern among the voters during his mandate as president (2021-2025). The theme also obtained a sense of urgency since June 2024, when Biden participated in a disastrous presidential debate with the republican rival Donald Trump, and weak weakness and mental confusion. Subsequently, Biden saw his candidacy for the re -election increasingly questioned by the democratic companions.
Weeks later, he decided to abandon the electoral race, opening the way to deputy Kamala Harris. However, the substitute was defeated by Trump in the presidential elections in November.
In the last few days, Biden’s health has also returned to the spotlight with the exit of the original book Sin (“Sin Originali”) of Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson journalists, who underlined that the democratic consultants acted to hide the extent of the physical and mental decline of the Democrat during his government.
Biden initially maintained a relatively discreet profile since he left the White House, but slowly began to reappear in the public scene. He recently participated in the wake of Pope Francis in the Vatican. And at the beginning of this month he participated in the ABC network the opinion, in which he contrasted the suggestions that suffered a cognitive decline in his last year in charge. “They are wrong,” Biden said. “There is nothing that supports this.”
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Source: Terra
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