Doctors on Friday diagnosed former US President Joe Biden with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, the politician’s office announced on Sunday, Report informs via CBS News.
"While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management," the statement said. "The president and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians," a Biden spokesperson told the US media.
According to the statement, Biden has a form of prostate cancer "characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone." The Gleason scale is traditionally used in prostate cancer diagnosis to determine the malignancy of the process on a scale of one to ten, which is important for predicting the course of the disease.