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Biden Receiving Radiation, Hormone Therapy to Treat Prostate Cancer
Biden began five weeks of radiation and hormone therapy last month for aggressive prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, with treatment ongoing and public appearances planned.
- On Saturday, Former President Joe Biden's office announced he began a five-week radiation course alongside hormone medication as part of his cancer treatment.
- After routine exams in May, Biden’s doctors found a prostate nodule and diagnosed aggressive, hormone-sensitive cancer with a Gleason score of 9 that had spread to bone, as announced then.
- Last month, Biden underwent Mohs surgery to remove a forehead lesion, and earlier this year, he had a surgery to remove cancerous tissue from his chest, his office said.
- Despite treatment, his team says Joe Biden, former president, is `doing well` and plans public appearances on Oct. 26 and Nov. 7.
- With his 83rd birthday next month, Joe Biden, former president, is seen as resilient after surviving 1988 brain aneurysms and advancing the Cancer Moonshot initiative.
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Biden in new phase of cancer treatment
WASHINGTON — Former President Joe Biden is receiving radiation and hormone therapy as part of a new phase of treating the aggressive form of prostate cancer he was diagnosed with after leaving office, a spokesperson said Saturday.
Joe Biden fights cancer and undergoes treatments. The US President, who suffers from prostate cancer, undergoes radiation therapy. This is what the 82-year-old is doing after diagnosis.
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