Tufts Medical Center doctor breaks down Biden’s cancer diagnosis

Following the announcement of former President Joe Biden s prostate cancer evaluation Dr Tony Luongo at Tufts Healthcare Center explained what it could mean for the -year-old politician Prostate cancers are given a number called a Gleason sum on a scale of one to Biden s tally came back as a nine meaning he has a very aggressive form of cancer The Gleason result is a outcome we use to categorize the menace of affection The higher the tally is the more aggressive the cancer is It s a number from one to and being a nine out of clearly indicates quite a high threat of an aggressive cancer Luongo mentioned The former president s office noted cancer cells have spread to Biden s bones Luongo commented cancer that spreads is harder to treat than localized cancer as it can be more laborious for drugs to reach all of the tumors and fully root out the complaint Biden s office disclosed his cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive Doctors say certain hormone therapies could be helpful in this event Testosterone we regard it as the fuel of prostate cancer and therapies that block its activity and or its production is apparently the preponderance common form of rehabilitation we give for this stage of malady Luongo explained Therapeutic experts say Biden is of what is considered advanced age but a person s cancer prognosis mainly depends on the individual s physical fitness Does the case have any other major diagnostic problems we call comorbidities such as heart illness respiratory sickness neurologic disorders that can impact our healing decision Luongo revealed Luongo revealed he is confident the former president s physicians will make the right choice for his remedy plan Unfortunately it is a noncurative infection but we have effective treatments that can treat it and control the progression of the malady he noted