Joe Biden’s ‘competitive’ prostate most cancers used to be noticed quickly? Professionals weigh

Former US President, Joe Biden’s late stage cancer diagnosis, has surprised some medical professionals how the disease can be settled when his health was subject to a thorough investigation of his health at the end of his health.

In a statement on Sunday, Biden’s office stated that the 82 -year -old had revealed prostate cancer and spread to the bone. He was detected stage 4 cancer, which is considered the most advanced.

Prostate cancer cells are usually classified on a scale of 1 to 10 Glean system,

This grading system involves watching and measuring cells under a microscope and how unusual they are and they are likely to spread. The higher the grade, the more aggressive cancer will be.

According to Biden’s office, he scored a 9 runs, suggesting that his cancer is the most “aggressive”.

Director of Vancouver Prostate Center, Dr. Peter Black said of the diagnosis of Biden, “It is sad,” it is sad. ,

“This is something that we can still control for a few years, but it is certainly affecting their quality of life and perhaps their long life.”

Before exiting the race in the last summer, keeping in mind all the debates about the health of Biden during the start of his presidential post and his second presidential campaign, Diagnosis has raised questions about why it was not caught soon and what it means to its long -term health ..

What is prostate cancer, and what are the symptoms?

The prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system that forms a fluid that is part of the semen, is under the bladder. Cancer begins in prostate cells and can grow in nearby tissue. According to Canadian Cancer Society, cancer can also spread to other parts of the body, including the bladder, nearby lymph nodes, bones, and brain.

“Prostate is a broad spectrum of cancer,” Black said, which is also a Urologist at the Vancouver General Hospital. “Very quickly, from relatively harmless disease, something that has a high risk and has already spread.”

Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences at Calgary University. James Dicinson said that the symptoms may be different.

But most often, he said, there are no symptoms. Some abnormal symptoms include urination in urine or blood discomfort.

“It can develop and spread quite widely before any notice,” he said.

How many people are diagnosed in Canada?

The Canadian Cancer Society says that prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Canadian men and within that group, the third major cause of death is the cause of cancer.

In 2024, the organization estimated that 27,900 men would be diagnosed with prostate cancer, expected to die from 5,000 of them.

According to the organization, it is the most common among old men and is seen in most black men, including people of African and Caribbean dynasty.

How is people seen for this?

Two methods are used to screen for prostate cancer, However research It is revealed that each one has their own downside.

The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a blood test that sees PSA levels-a substance created by prostate. As the age of people, PSA has a level increase,

The levels that are higher than normal, this may mean that there is an issue with prostate, but cancer is not always criminal. Other causes may be an enlarged prostate or inflamed prostate gland due to an infection.

---

There is also a digital rectal examination (DRE), including a health care provider who puts a bright finger in the rectum and is feeling anything unusual, such as lumps, cancer society say.

But Black of Vancouver Prostate Center said, while health care providers often used this method in the past, they have been “far away” from it because it is not very helpful. As a result, PSA test is more commonly used.

When is the screening recommended?

Screening of prostate cancer has been controversial, Black said that he would recommend PSA testing for healthy men, otherwise between 50 and 75 years of age.

“I am doing pro-screen because I see benefits and I see what happens if we do not screen,” he said.

People above 70 or 75 are usually not actively examined as experts say the disease is usually increasing at a slow pace.

Debate on the benefits of PSA test means that not everyone is on the side.

More than a decade ago, Canadian Task Force on Recommended Preventive Health Care against PSA screening because “Possible losses of screening are ahead of benefits.”

It maintains this attitude, saying that Main problems There are false–positive consequences and overdiagnosis, reviews are indicated. A positive PSA test result often leads to more tests such as a biopsy, which carries the risks of bleeding, infection and urinary incontinence.

At this time, the Task Force says that “there is no screening test that has been proved to be an accurate identification of prostate cancer”. However, it says, several tests are being developed to improve the accuracy of PSA screening.

Meanwhile, the US Preventive Services Task Force recommended that people between 55 and 69 years of age talk with their health care provider whether they should investigate.

Why Biden’s cancer was not seen soon?

Experts say that because there are many clear symptoms, it is easy for prostate cancer to fly under the radar.

In February 2024, Biden physically physically physically physically as President. At that time, his doctors said that “There is no new physical concern of this year.”

Dr., a medical oncologist at New York Memorial Slone Catering Cancer Center. Dana Rathcoff said that when she does not know the nuances of the case, she does not believe that this diagnosis was missed during the earlier examination.

“Cancer cells are chaotic,” he said An interview with CBS News“There are many people who have access to the highest level of care and undergoing regular screenings and still diagnosed with advanced disease.”

Black said that if Biden was tested, it is possible that her PSA level was “normal”.

“Sometimes aggressive prostate cancer does not make as much PSA,” he said.

What is involved in treatment?

Prostate cancer that is in early stages and is unlikely to spread, only monitored, the University of Dicinson, Calgary said. It cannot be harmful, he said, and so its treatment will not be helpful for the patient.

Meanwhile for high risk cases, where PSA is high, but cancer is limited to prostate, Black said that surgery or radiation is usually recommended.

In cases where the disease has spread, he said that radiation is often used with hormone therapy.

Hormone therapy reduces the amount of some hormones in the body Usually prostate will help cancer cells growBy doing this, prostate cancer can gradually shrink or increase.

This is the type of treatment for biden, and while Black said it usually reacts initially, it is a matter of how long it will continue to work.

Without knowing all the details of the Biden case, Black said that male with uniform diagnosed is generally lived about five years with current treatments.

Five years of survival rate for those who are in the first three stages of the disease are close to 100 percent, Statistics according to Canada,

But if the diagnosis is made in step 4, which when the cancer has spread beyond the prostate, the survival rate for the next five years falls to 41 percent.