Biden Releases First Public Statement After Aggressive Cancer Diagnosis

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The former president thanked people for their support after the announcement.

Former President Joe Biden on May 19 released his first statement after he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

โ€œCancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support,โ€ Biden said in a statement posted on social media platform X.

Bidenโ€™s post also included a photo of himself, former first lady Jill Biden, and their cat, coming just a day after his office released a statement confirming the diagnosis.

โ€œLast week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms,โ€ his office said in a statement to media outlets on May 18.

โ€œOn Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone.โ€

His family is now looking into treatment options, the office said. The statement did not provide more details about his health, although when a cancer spreads to the bone, itโ€™s usually a sign that itโ€™s at an advanced stage.

โ€œWhile this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management,โ€ the statement reads. โ€œThe President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.โ€

Days before the diagnosis was announced, Bidenโ€™s office said that a โ€œsmall noduleโ€ was found in his prostate area, coming fewer than four months after he left office in January.

Out of every 100 men in America, about 13 will have prostate cancer during their lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Early treatment can eliminate the cancer, which is fatal in a minority of cases.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that the most common risk factor in developing prostate cancer is age. Biden is 82.

Meanwhile, health officials say that when cancer spreads to the bone, known as bone metastasis, it can lead to other complications. Life expectancy also isnโ€™t long, according to the Cleveland Clinic, which says that survival rates after cancer spreads to the bone range from six or seven months to more than four years.

Byย Jack Phillips

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