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Former President Joe Biden Battles Aggressive Prostate Cancer: Family Weighs Treatment Options

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"v4QufXDM" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"6CpDr053" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Former President Joe Biden  was diagnosed with an &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;aggressive form” of prostate cancer&comma; according to a statement from his personal office Sunday&comma; and it has spread to his bones&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Last week&comma; President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms&period; On Friday&comma; he was diagnosed with prostate cancer&comma; characterized by a Gleason score of 9 &lpar;Grade Group 5&rpar; with metastasis to the bone&comma;” the statement said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It continued&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease&comma; the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management&period;”<&sol;p><div class&equals;"osDAKHgu" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Biden&comma; 82&comma; and his family &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;are reviewing treatment options with his physicians&comma;” the statement said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The news comes days after a spokesperson for Biden said the former president was recently evaluated for a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;small nodule” discovered on his prostate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Prostate cancer is very common&comma;” said Dr&period; Jamin Brahmbhatt&comma; a urologist and robotic surgeon with Orlando Health and an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida’s College of Medicine&comma; who is not involved in Biden’s treatment&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As we get older&comma; most men are going to have little cancer cells in them&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Prostate cancers can be assigned a grade&comma; known as a Gleason score&comma; based on what the cells look like under a microscope&period; A Gleason score of 9 &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;means it’s the most aggressive form of prostate cancer&comma;” Dr&period; Benjamin Davies&comma; a professor of urologic oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center who is also not involved in Biden’s case&comma; said in an email&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Biden is at his home in Wilmington&comma; Delaware&comma; this weekend according to a source familiar&period; CNN has inquired about where the former president is being treated<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Concerns about age and health dogged Biden&comma; the oldest president in US history&comma; throughout his time in office and came into sharper focus following his bad debate performance against Donald Trump last June&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In February 2024&comma; Biden undergoes a physical at Walter Reed National Military Center overseen by his physician Dr&period; Kevin O’Connor&comma; who at the time said there were &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;no new concerns” with the president’s health and he was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;fit for duty&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A new book written by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson describes how the president had been showing signs of decline that aides ignored or explained away&comma; even before Biden’s disastrous debate that led to his decision to exit the 2024 election three weeks later&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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