Naturally, President Joe Biden's discovery of metastatic prostate cancer has sparked worries and inquiries about his prognosis, treatment options, and length of disease.
One of the most severe types of prostate cancer, which is often incurable, was diagnosed in former President Joe Biden. According to cancer specialists, he may yet survive for years.
According to his reps on Sunday, Biden, 82, was diagnosed on Friday 16th May with aggressive, late-stage prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. According to experts, Biden will probably have to battle prostate cancer for the rest of his life.
HOW IS CANCER IN THE PROSTATE DETECTED?
A digital rectal examination (DRE) is most probable when a prostate nodule was discovered. In order to check the prostate gland, which is situated right in front of the rectal wall, a doctor does a DRE by carefully inserting a finger into the rectum. Generally speaking, a healthy prostate feels symmetrical and smooth. In contrast, a prostate nodule has a texture akin to your knuckles: it is hard, elevated, and uneven.
Many prostate nodules are benign and linked to disorders like enlarged prostate (BPH) or prostate stones (calcifications); not all of them are indicative of malignancy. But in Biden's case, additional testing—likely a biopsy, imaging, and a blood test for the prostate-specific antigen (PSA)—confirmed prostate cancer. His illness was classified as high-risk, aggressive metastatic prostate cancer after further tests showed that it had spread to his bones.
METASTATIC CANCER
"Metastatic" refers to the fact that the cancer cells have moved from their initial site (the prostate gland) to other locations, usually the lymph nodes and bones. Biden is one of the 5% to 7% of prostate cancer patients in the US that are metastatic at initial diagnosis since his disease has specifically migrated to his bones. Given that over 300,000 men in the US and around 1.5 million globally receive a prostate cancer diagnosis each year, this seemingly little percentage is actually rather high.
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