Biden's sudden diagnosis of aggressive prostate cancer is unfortunately all too common

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https://apnews.com/article/biden-prostate-cancer-2acca9da55ea0f0a09546cd918437444

Former President Joe Biden’s office said Sunday that he has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer and is reviewing treatment options with his doctors.
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“It’s a very common scenario,” said Dr. Matthew Smith of Massachusetts General Brigham Cancer Center. Men can “feel completely well and a diagnosis of metastatic prostate cancer could come as quite a surprise.” Guidelines recommend against prostate cancer screening for men 70 and older so Biden may not have been getting regular PSA blood tests, Smith said. What’s more, while the PSA test can help flag some cancers in some men, it does not do a great job of identifying aggressive prostate cancer, Smith said.
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Biden’s cancer has spread to the bone, his office said. That makes it more serious than localized or early-stage prostate cancer.

Outcomes have improved in recent decades and patients can expect to live with metastatic prostate cancer for four or five years, Smith said.
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[MineralMan]

1. Three Score Years and Ten.

Psalm 90:10-12 KJV. The days of our years are threescore years and ten; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Who knoweth the power of thine anger? Even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

And so it is. As a man who will have his 80th birthday in a few weeks, I'm more than aware that my days are numbered. And so it goes. Recognizing the limits of our lives is an important step for people to take.

Joe Biden, now 82, knows that, no doubt. He is nothing if not a sensible man. He does not plan to live forever, I'm sure. When you get to 80, you're going to get bad news from some doctor at some point. No sense stressing about it. It is simply the way of things.

May we all live as long as we can, and no longer.

[obamanut2012]

2. This exact thing happened to my dad

No more screening because of his age, but he was having some issues peeing, and my mom made him immediately go to the doctor. He had the same Dx as Joe. This was several years ago, and after two (OMG or three?) rounds of radiation, he is still alive and kicking, and got to ring the cancer free ship's bell.

[JBTaurus83]

3. Thanks for this article

People need to be very aware of how quickly cancer spreads. My grandfather had lung cancer, and one day was fine the next day in hospice.

[Boomerproud]

4. Please send this to all the newscasts that have turned

Conspiracy theorists. Thank you.

[BoycottingAllThings]

5. Scott Adams

Just said he has it too, that hits me hard. Awful.

[Emrys]

6. It happened to my brother, ten years older than me, about five years ago

First signs of concern were some problems passing water - doc - tests - diagnosis - oh shit. PSA sky-high, aggressive form. Initial prognosis shattering, but I knew enough from other friends' and acquaintances' experiences with cancers to tell him to wait for further tests before utterly freaking out as that initial consultation can be irresponsibly pessimistic - for many years people have moaned that doctors aren't being straight with them, but some of them pass premature opinions and projections of survival span that aren't yet borne out by the individual illness course.

He's had and is having the treatments available and seems to be doing well. They're keeping a close eye on me. Annual PSA tests, an MRI scan that came back clear, no cause for concern. So far, so good. I'm just sorry he's had to go through it to give me some cautionary forewarning.