The office of 82-year-old Joe Biden confirmed that the former president has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” and “very rare” form of prostate cancer — a diagnosis that top medical experts now say definitively places Biden at Stage 4.
The official statement, quietly released late Sunday morning, admits Biden has a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) — the second-highest rating on the prostate cancer scale — with metastasis to the bone, signaling that the cancer has already spread beyond the prostate and into Biden’s skeletal system.
“Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone,” the statement said.
But Dr. Alexander Kutikov, chair of the Department of Urology at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, clarified the situation with a blunt assessment on NBC10: this is Stage 4 cancer.
“The fact that the team has told us that the cancer has spread to the bone, stages it as a Stage 4 cancer,” Kutikov said.
Stage 4 prostate cancer, also known as metastatic prostate cancer, means the cancer has spread beyond the prostate gland to other parts of the body. This advanced stage is characterized by the presence of cancer cells in distant sites like the lymph nodes, bones, liver, or lungs.
According to Kutikov, only 5 to 8% of men diagnosed with prostate cancer have it already spread to other organs or bones. Biden’s high Gleason score of 9 — coupled with widespread metastasis — places him in an extremely rare and high-risk category.
“So, this is a very rare subtype, and a very rare scenario that the president is facing,” said Kutikov. “The majority of the cancers are very low-risk. In fact, about half of the prostate cancers that get treated in the United State don’t need to be treated immediately.”
Although Kutikov said Biden’s cancer is “manageable.”
“It’s manageable. This is not a situation, as some cancers are, where we’re fighting to keep someone with us through the next year. Treatment now is an investment for years from now and to make sure that the president is healthy and is with us.”
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