{"id":48417,"date":"2025-10-12T02:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T07:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=48417"},"modified":"2025-10-12T04:10:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T09:10:36","slug":"joe-biden-undergoing-radiation-therapy-for-prostate-cancer-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=48417","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Former President Joe Biden is now receiving radiation therapy for his prostate cancer<\/a>, a spokesperson for the former president confirmed to ABC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment,” the spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former president’s office announced his prostate cancer diagnosis in May, noting that while it was an aggressive form, “the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s all a matter of taking a pill, one particular pill, for the next six weeks and then another one,” the 82-year-old said in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Well, the prognosis is good. You know, we’re working on everything. It’s moving along. So I feel good,” he added.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in May, the former president’s office said his diagnosis was “characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Gleason score of 9 indicates a high-grade, aggressive form of prostate cancer. It further indicates that the cancer cells look very different from normal prostate cells and are likely to grow and spread rapidly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This places the cancer in the Grade Group 5, the highest-risk category, which is associated with a greater likelihood of metastasis and a more challenging prognosis. Yet despite the cancer’s aggressiveness, its hormone-sensitive nature offers a viable treatment pathway, according to the National Cancer Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer and the second-leading cause of cancer death among men in the U.S., according to the National Institutes of Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An estimated 313,780 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed this year, representing 15.4% of all new cancer cases, according to the NIH. The five-year survival rate from prostate cancer is roughly 98%, the NIH says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prostate cancer usually grows very slowly. While finding and treating it before symptoms occur may not improve men’s health or help them live longer, it is generally a more treatable type of cancer, even when it has spread.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news of Biden’s radiation therapy comes after he had Mohs surgery<\/a> — a common procedure to treat skin cancer — in September, a Biden spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden’s health had been under scrutiny since before he dropped out of the presidential race in 2024, giving way to then-Vice President Kamala Harris to top the Democratic presidential ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the announcement of his prostate cancer diagnosis, Biden and former first lady Dr. Jill Biden appeared on ABC’s “The View,”<\/a> where they both pushed back against the slate of new books from reporters claiming that Biden was dealing with cognitive decline at the end of his presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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