Biden begins new phase of cancer care with radiation and hormone therapy

Biden begins new phase of cancer care with radiation and hormone therapy


Former President Joe Biden is beginning radiation and hormone therapy to treat an aggressive form of prostate cancer, his office confirmed Saturday.

“As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment,” a spokesperson for the former president said, according to reporting from NBC News. 

The radiation treatment is expected to last five weeks and he has already begun taking a pill form of hormone medication.

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Biden, 82, first disclosed his cancer diagnosis in May, revealing that the disease had spread to his bones. The announcement followed a routine physical in which doctors found a small prostate nodule that required additional testing. His medical team later described the cancer as high-grade, with a Gleason Score of 9

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