The former American president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of a prostate cancersaid its services on Sunday, stating that the octogenarian democrat presented a “bone metastasis”.
“Last week, (the former, editor’s note) President Joe Biden was examined for a new prostatic nodule after having made a worsening of urinary symptoms. Friday, it was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (grade 5) with bone metastases, “said the press release, quoted by CNN.
And to continue: “Although it is a more aggressive form of the disease, cancer seems hormone dependent, which allows effective management. “Joe Biden, 82, and his family” examine the processing options with his doctors, “added the text.
Donald Trump “saddened”
“Melania and I are saddened to learn the recent medical diagnosis of Joe Biden,” said Donald Trump on Sunday evening on Truth Social. “We send our warmest wishes to Jill and his family, and we wish Joe a rapid and fruitful recovery. »»
Prostate cancer is the most common in men and represents 15 % of all male cancers. The prostate is a male gland whose main function is to produce a liquid which enters the composition of the sperm.
“Prostate cancer is a malignant tumor that generally evolves slowly, from cells in the prostate gland that has become abnormal”, according to the French Association Foundation for Research on Cancer.
Prostate hormone -dependent cancers need androgen – a male hormone – to spread, and stop growing when it is absent, according to the National Cancer Institute in the United States.
A book to be published on Tuesday on the health of Biden
Joe Biden left the White House in January, after giving up in the summer of 2024 to present himself to his re -election, against the background of concerns about his state of healthand while a book to be published on Tuesday tells by the sound of the slow and cognitive decline during its mandate.
The publication on Saturday by the Axios media of a soundtrack dating from 2023 and in which the president of then loses the thread of great dates of his life, has back up the decline of his capacities.
The book-investigation to appear on Tuesday also tells how the White House hid the growing weaknesses of a president in the world who has long hooked on his attempt to re-election.
Joe Biden recently denied having undergone a cognitive decline at the end of his mandate. “Nothing allows you to assert this,” he said in early May in ABC. “After withdrawing from the presidential race, I was still president for six months, and I did a good job. But what frightened everyone was this debate. »»
His health was a political issue for a long time, and Donald Trump had used to nickname him “Joe-l’Endormi”.
