Joe Biden, who was previously president, has revealed that he has cancer.
Joe Biden took to social media to issue a statement after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
According to the 46th president’s office, last week President Biden went for a check-up after having worsening urinary symptoms due to a new finding, a prostate nodule.
On Friday, the diagnosis showed that he had prostate cancer graded at 9 (Grade Group 5) and accompanied by cancerous cells in his bones.
A Gleason score is given for prostate cancer which shows, on a scale of one to 10, how similar cancerous and normal cells appear. When the score is nine, it reflects that the cancer is highly aggressive.
Still, this type of cancer is considered more serious since it is aggressive, yet it responds well to hormone therapy.
The President and his family are having discussions about the available treatments with his doctors.
The 82-year-old released an image of himself, his wife, Jill and their cat via Twitter.
It stated: “Cancer is a part of everyone’s life.” Like many of you, Jill and I have found that our strength comes from going through hard times.
I’m grateful for all the love and support you have given us.
In response to the news about his predecessor’s diagnosis, President Donald Trump used Truth Social to post his remarks.
Melania and I were saddened to know about Joe Biden’s recent health news. Jill and the family have our best wishes and we wish Joe a good and quick recovery.
Before becoming president, Biden had surgery for a number of non-melanoma skin cancers and earlier this year, a cancerous lesion was removed from his chest.
In 2021, a benign but potentially cancerous lesion was found in Goyo’s colon and was removed by surgery.
About one in every eight men will get prostate cancer at some point in life and as reported by the American Cancer Society, behind lung cancer, prostate cancer is the main cause of cancer death in men.
Around 2.3% of men with prostate cancer die from the disease.
If any of these topics concerns you and you wish to talk to someone confidentially, you can call the American Cancer Society on 1-800-227-2345 or change to their live chat feature.
