Doctors discovered prostate cancer in Biden last week after urinary symptoms and detection of a prostate nodule.
Former President Joe Biden received a prostate cancer diagnosis, his office said in a statement.
Biden was seen last week by doctors after urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule was found. On Friday, it was diagnosed with prostate cancer, cancer cells spread to the bone, said the declaration on Sunday.
“Although this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, cancer seems to be sensitive to hormones that allows effective management,” said its office.
“The president and his family examine the processing options with his doctors,” he added.
Biden’s health, 82, was a key concern among American voters during his warrant as president and became even more during the 2024 campaign.
After a calamitic debate in June, Biden abandoned his candidacy for a second term. The president of the time, Kamala Harris, became the candidate and lost against Donald Trump, who returned to the White House after a four -year interruption.
Biden, a self -proclaimed Zionist, was also strongly criticized in certain districts at home and abroad, for his unconditional support in Israel in his Punitive Gaza War after the attack led by Hamas October 7, and not to have used the Washington lever to reintegrate us Ally Israel, while death and devastation in Washington in Washington.
In recent days, Biden has rejected concerns about his age despite the fact that it was in the new “original SIN” book that the aid had protected the public from the extent of his cognitive decline while being president.
Prostate cancers receive a score called Gleason score which measures, on a scale of 1 to 10, to the appearance of cancer cells compared to normal cells. Biden’s 9 score suggests that its cancer is among the most aggressive.
When prostate cancer spreads to other parts of the body, it often spreads to bones. Metastasé cancer is much more difficult to treat than localized cancer, as it can be difficult for drugs to reach all tumors and completely break the disease.
