{"id":27968,"date":"2025-05-20T01:21:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T01:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=27968"},"modified":"2025-05-20T01:21:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T01:21:55","slug":"joe-bidens-stage-4-prostate-cancer-diagnosis-a-doctor-explains-what-it-could-mean-for-his-future-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=27968","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden’s Stage 4 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: A Doctor Explains What It Could Mean for His Future (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This type of cancer is “generally not considered a curable situation,\u201d an oncologist tells PEOPLE<\/p>\n

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  • Former President Joe Biden announced he has stage 4 prostate cancer that has spread to his bones<\/li>\n
  • “That\u2019s generally not considered a curable situation,\u201d Dr. Christopher Wee, a genitourinary medical oncologist with the Cleveland Clinic, tells PEOPLE<\/li>\n
  • Patients with prostate cancer often have no signs, as symptoms can vary and tests are “imperfect”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Former President\u00a0Joe Biden<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0\u201caggressive\u201d prostate cancer<\/a>\u00a0and released a\u00a0statement<\/a>\u00a0that offered medical details about his diagnosis, explaining it has metastasized to his bones.<\/p>\n

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    His cancer has a Gleason Score of 9, which means that it is an aggressive form that is likely to grow quickly, according to the\u00a0Cleveland Clinic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    As Dr. Christopher Wee, a genitourinary medical oncologist with the Cleveland Clinic, explains, \u201cThe higher the number, the more abnormal the cells are. And so when something is a Gleason 9 or a Gleason 10, that translates to Grade Group 5. Generally speaking, people think that reflects a more aggressive behavior of the cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    However, he clarifies, it doesn\u2019t mean stage 5 cancer \u2014 that classification doesn\u2019t exist. \u201cThe highest it goes to is 4, and his is stage 4 because it has spread outside of the prostate,” Dr. Wee tells PEOPLE.<\/p>\n

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    Cancer 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. pic.twitter.com\/oSS1vGIiwU<\/a><\/p>\n

    \u2014 Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n