{"id":783,"date":"2025-05-19T20:33:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T20:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vecimasupport.com\/?p=783"},"modified":"2025-05-20T00:31:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T00:31:43","slug":"gleason-score-for-prostate-cancer-what-to-know-about-bidens-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vecimasupport.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/19\/gleason-score-for-prostate-cancer-what-to-know-about-bidens-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Gleason score for prostate cancer: What to know about Biden's diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe Biden<\/a> has been diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer.<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s team shared a statement on Sunday that the former president was experiencing “increasing urinary symptoms” ahead of his diagnosis, which was characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (grade group 5) with “metastasis to the bone.”<\/p>\n

“While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive, which allows for effective management. The president and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

JOE BIDEN DIAGNOSED WITH \u2018AGGRESSIVE FORM\u2019 OF PROSTATE CANCER WITH METASTASIS TO THE BONE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s ranking of 9 on the Gleason scale, a grading system for prostate cancer<\/a> severity, has sparked concerns, as it correlates with high-grade cancer.<\/p>\n

Dr. Arpeet Shah, a urologist with Associated Urological Specialists in Illinois, explained in an interview with Fox News Digital how the grading system indicates the aggressiveness of the disease.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s based on what the cancer cells<\/a> look like under a microscope \u2013 specifically, how different they look from normal prostate cells,” he said. (Shah was not involved in Biden’s care.)<\/p>\n

PROSTATE CANCER CASES SPIKE IN THIS US STATE AS DOCTORS SHARE LIKELY REASON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Pathologists assign two numbers from 1 to 5, based on the most common and second-most common patterns present in the tissue.<\/p>\n

The lower the grade, the more normal the cancer cells look, according to Cleveland Clinic.<\/p>\n

Descriptions of the grades are listed below.<\/p>\n

Grade 1 <\/strong>\u2013 Cancer cells look like normal cells.<\/p>\n

Grades 2 to 4<\/strong> \u2013 Cancer cells in the tissue look less like normal cells.<\/p>\n

Grade 5<\/strong> \u2013 Cancer cells look very abnormal.<\/p>\n

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The largest areas with cancer are graded and then added together to determine a Gleason score, which typically ranges from 6 to 10.<\/p>\n

“The higher the score, the more aggressive the cancer<\/a> is likely to be,” Shah said.<\/p>\n

Below is a breakdown of Gleason score ranges.<\/p>\n

Gleason score of 6:<\/strong> Cancer is low-grade and slow-growing.<\/p>\n

Gleason score of 7:<\/strong> Cancer is intermediate and more likely to grow or spread over time.<\/p>\n

Gleason score of 8 to 10:<\/strong> Cancer is high-grade and may need more aggressive treatment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The system is “one of the key tools” experts use to “help guide treatment decisions and to have meaningful conversations with patients about their options,” Shah commented.<\/p>\n

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“It’s important to highlight the importance of \u2018early\u2019 here,” he said. “Had President Biden undergone regular prostate cancer screening<\/a> with a PSA blood test and digital rectal exam, his diagnosis might have been detected sooner.”<\/p>\n

In an appearance on “The Big Weekend Show” on Sunday, Fox News medical contributor and board-certified radiologist Dr. Nicole Saphier noted that much like breast cancer<\/a>, prostate cancer comes in different forms and can be treated “very differently” per case.<\/p>\n

Saphier confirmed that Biden\u2019s metastasized cancer is stage 4, which “significantly” decreases the chance of survival.<\/p>\n

“No two cases are exactly the same,” she said. “But the one good thing that they did mention about President Biden\u2019s case is that it\u2019s hormone-sensitive.”<\/p>\n

This form can be treatable through surgery or medication<\/a> that will stop the testosterone production that fuels cancer growth.<\/p>\n

“[Stage 4] is the worst-case scenario when you’re talking about cancer, but we have so many treatments these days that you can actually live for quite a long time with stage 4 cancers,” Saphier said.<\/p>\n

“In his case, because it is hormone-sensitive, there are treatment methods,” she continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It’s never going to cure him. He’s never not going to have stage 4 cancer. But he could get to the point where he has no evidence of disease or certain no progression of disease. And at this point, that’s what our goal is.”<\/p>\n

Fox News\u2019 Stepheny Price and Peter Doocy contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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