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Biden's Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: Timing, Treatment, and Political Implications

The Young TurksJune 2, 202521 min32,123 views
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Biden's Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis

  • 💡 President Biden was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer characterized by a Gleason score of nine, grade five, with metastasis to the bone.
  • 🔬 The cancer is described as hormone-sensitive, suggesting it can be effectively managed with treatment, though it is metastatic and incurable.
  • ⚠️ An oncologist noted that very few prostate cancers are diagnosed at such an advanced stage, with metastasis to the bone occurring in about 7% of cases.
  • ⏳ It is suggested that Biden may have had this cancer for many years, possibly a decade, growing and spreading before diagnosis.

Questions Around Diagnosis and Testing

  • ❓ There is speculation about the timing of the diagnosis release, with some questioning why it wasn't revealed earlier, especially given his public life.
  • 🩺 The absence of a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test in recent medical records is noted as surprising, though some men over 70 opt out of this test.
  • 🧐 The possibility that Biden himself chose not to have the PSA test is raised as one theory for its absence.
  • 🤥 The credibility of the Biden team is questioned due to a perceived history of
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