The office of Biden has issued and explained a statement: “Although this is a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer seems to be hormone sensitive, which makes effective management possible. The president and his family assess treatment options with his doctors.”
Prostate cancers are rated with the help of the Gleason score, a bowl ranging from 1 to 10 that assesses how closely the cancer cells resemble healthy cells. In the case of Biden, his score was a disturbing 9, which marked it as one of the most aggressive species of this disease.
A spokesperson for the former president shared an update about his health in a statement to ABC News on Tuesday 13 May.
They said, “In a routine physical examination, a small lump was found in the prostate, which made further evaluation necessary.”
When prostate cancer metastasizes, as in the case of Biden, the disease often focuses on the bones.
This development complicates treatment because medicines may have difficulty eliminating all tumors all over the body. However, the fact that the cancer of Biden is sensitive to hormone offers a spark of hope treatments can focus on depriving the tumors of the hormones they need to thrive.