{"id":3187,"date":"2025-05-20T15:14:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T15:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/what-we-do-and-dont-know-about-bidens-prostate-cancer-diagnosis\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T15:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T15:14:27","slug":"what-we-do-and-dont-know-about-bidens-prostate-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/what-we-do-and-dont-know-about-bidens-prostate-cancer-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"What we do and don\u2019t know about Biden\u2019s prostate cancer diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/action-bar\/instances\/cmavmu5tl002k26p56kjpay66@published\" data-label-id-prefix=\"action-bar-start-of-article\" class=\"action-bar\" data-dynamic-breakpoint-placement=\"{&quot;extraLarge&quot;:{&quot;placement&quot;:&quot;.layout-article-elevate__left&quot;}}\" 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data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavmu5tl002m26p54rln57oo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The announcement Sunday that former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer has some people wondering how<strong> <\/strong>the disease wasn\u2019t spotted sooner.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5f00083b6mjg8u02o2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            As president, Biden had access to VIP care, which goes above and beyond the health testing and health care offered to average patients. Members of the White House compound have access to medical staff 24 hours a day through the White House Medical Unit and special facilities are set aside for them at military hospitals. Presidential physicals typically leave no stone unturned when it comes to physical health and fitness for office, and presidents, including Biden, typically share some information from their medical checkups.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g00093b6malzzkhxz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            So how could an 82-year-old<strong> <\/strong>president who\u2019s been out of office for only a few months have stage IV cancer that has spread to his bones?    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000a3b6mqo7xgm9k@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Experts say they understand that the circumstances might prompt fear and suspicion, but they\u2019re also not unheard-of. And although many men are familiar with what prostate cancer screening entails, some might not realize that typical screening is no longer recommended once men reach Biden\u2019s age.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000b3b6mors3igns@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Dr. Oliver Sartor, a prostate cancer researcher at Tulane University, said he\u2019s already fielded calls about Biden\u2019s diagnosis.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000c3b6m021y5p5i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cI\u2019ve already been contacted by a friend of mine. He said, \u2018How could this possibly have happened? And it must have been a cover-up,\u2019 \u201d Sartor said, \u201cAnd I said, \u2018No, no, no, not necessarily. There are variety of possibilities.\u2019 \u201d    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmavnn9hz001f3b6miis8ec4p@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmav0wno2005727nveigm41d3@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2193654168.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"2000\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2193654168.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">US President Joe Biden attends a Department of Defense Commander in Chief Farewell Ceremony at Joint Base Myers-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia, on January 16, 2025. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT \/ AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Roberto Schmidt\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">President Biden has metastatic prostate cancer. Here\u2019s what you should know<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000d3b6mfvgdjezr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Biden\u2019s health in office has been the subject of intense interest.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000f3b6m9h9wx9av@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Biden has kept a low profile since leaving office but recently appeared on \u201cThe View\u201d with his wife, Jill, to push back on assertions that his declining health was being hidden from the public.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000g3b6mvqkjsip6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThey are wrong,\u201d Biden said. \u201cThere is nothing to sustain that.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000h3b6myi7613zl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The former first lady added, \u201cThe people who wrote those books weren\u2019t in the White House with us, and they didn\u2019t see how hard Joe worked every single day. He\u2019d get up, he\u2019d put in a full day, and then at night, I\u2019d be in bed reading my book, and he was still on the phone, reading his briefings, working with staff.\u201d    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader-elevate\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cmavumo5400033b6n40xrb85s@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"screening-for-prostate-cancer\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">        Screening for prostate cancer<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000i3b6m925xdnqw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Prostate cancer is a significant health concern for men. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in American males, killing about 35,000 each year, according to the American Cancer Society.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000j3b6mjtnncd9n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Among recent presidents, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump have had prostate cancer screening results reported as part of their annual physicals. Biden\u2019s medical reports during his presidency did not mention prostate cancer testing.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000k3b6myl0koe4e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            President Trump said Monday that he was surprised that \u201cthe public wasn\u2019t notified a long time ago\u201d about Biden\u2019s diagnosis.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000l3b6m9e30yegz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cI just had my physical. You saw that? You saw the results of that particular test.  I think the test is pretty much standard to anybody getting a physical,\u201d Trump said during a news briefing.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000m3b6m70r5melq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Prostate cancer specialists say that\u2019s not necessarily the case, however.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/graphic\/instances\/cmavnqinh001k3b6mk5176xq2@published\" data-component-name=\"graphic\" class=\"graphic-elevate\">\n<div id=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/graphic\/instances\/cmavnqinh001k3b6mk5176xq2@published\" class=\"graphic__anchor\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ix.cnn.io\/dailygraphics\/graphics\/20250519-sanjay-biden-cancer-callout\/index.html\" data-type=\"dailygraphics\" data-slug=\"20250519-sanjay-biden-cancer-callout\" data-pym-src=\"https:\/\/ix.cnn.io\/dailygraphics\/graphics\/20250519-sanjay-biden-cancer-callout\/index.html\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000n3b6mwt31h658@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Dr. Bilal Siddiqui, a cancer oncologist and prostate cancer researcher at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, said there are two potential explanations for Biden\u2019s late-stage diagnosis.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000o3b6mza7bh1fs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThe first is actually the possibility that he wasn\u2019t being screened, which would actually be reasonable,\u201d he said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000p3b6mb5k3d7rr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Since the 1990s, men have been able to get a blood test to check for levels of a protein called prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, that might indicate the presence of prostate cancer. But the test has a high rate of false-positive results, up to 70%, according to the American Urological Association. Someone whose results show elevated levels may need a biopsy to rule out cancer.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000q3b6mjotoaycs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Many medical associations say that whether to have the test should be a shared decision between a man and his doctor. Even then, screening isn\u2019t recommended for men of all ages.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000r3b6mrkm9fkwy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The majority of prostate cancers are slow-growing. In some cases, treatment can actually do more damage than the disease itself. Common side effects may include incontinence and erectile dysfunction. For that reason, the independent experts who review screening studies for the US Preventive Services Task Force recommend against screening for men 70 and older. Similarly, the American Cancer Society says men without symptoms who have a life expectancy of less than 10 years should not be screened. Biden is 82 years old, and the average life expectancy for a man in the US is about 76.    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader-elevate\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cmavuo98z00053b6nywyjdlks@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"not-all-prostate-cancers-are-the-same\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">        Not all prostate cancers are the same<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000s3b6m42nunv6d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Another possibility is that Biden had an \u201cinterval cancer,\u201d meaning it presented itself in the interval between regular screenings.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000t3b6mur327brn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Interval cancers are aggressive and can progress quickly, Siddiqui said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000u3b6ml3zn70xp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cIt\u2019s certainly possible that even within a six-month or a one-year period between screening, the cancer can grow fast enough to emerge as a metastatic cancer,\u201d he said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000v3b6mkp3dg6un@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            In particularly rare cases, the cancer may not even produce PSA or might make very low levels that wouldn\u2019t raise alarm on a screening.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000w3b6mj6d0vip7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThese are the most aggressive cancers, the ones that don\u2019t produce PSA, and so there are several possible explanations for why this diagnosis could have appeared,\u201d Siddiqui added.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmavnqpnq001m3b6m9kefs3kh@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section 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class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">Then US President Joe Biden appears during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on October 04, 2024 in Washington, DC.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">In a life defined by tragedy, Biden the \u2018fighter\u2019 faces his latest test<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000x3b6mgw4grb9f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Dr. Otis Brawley, an oncologist and screening epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University, said he\u2019s had nine patients in the past year who are being treated for metastatic disease who were referred to him after having recent and normal PSA tests.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000y3b6mfayo5tmj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            He explains the differences in types of prostate cancer to patients by comparing them to cats. There are housecats and alley cats, Brawley said, and then there are tigers and lions.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g000z3b6maihspu0m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThey\u2019re all cats,\u201d he said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g00103b6mrfd81c68@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Doctors are learning to use tumor genetics to tell the difference between tame, slow-growing cancers that don\u2019t need attention and the ferocious ones that may resist even the best treatments, he said.    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader-elevate\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cmavupyi4000b3b6nanty05ya@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"bidens-health-history-and-future\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">        Biden\u2019s health history and future<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g00113b6mg9rktkou@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            In 2019, as Biden was preparing to run for office, his physician, Dr. Kevin O\u2019Connor, released a statement on his health that included a detailed medical history.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g00123b6mjafs2a0d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The statement notes that Biden had experienced a common condition called benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH. In nearly all men, the donut-shaped prostate swells with age, growing from the size of a plum to the size of a medium apple. In the process, it can choke off the urethra, the tube that empties the bladder. Men with BPH often have to get up in the middle of the night to pee and may have difficulty emptying their bladder. Biden\u2019s medical records say this condition was treated first with medication and then with surgery.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g00133b6mwapp50le@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Brawley says it\u2019s not clear whether BPH is related to the development of prostate cancer.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g00143b6mlda7y5db@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThe problem is, so many men get prostate cancer, and so many men get BPH,\u201d he said. \u201cThe only thing that I\u2019m willing to say is, they are both associated with the prostate, and they\u2019re both associated with the aging male.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g00153b6m5yzw0jnx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            There is some evidence that a medication that shrinks the prostate, finasteride, may help prevent prostate cancer, Brawley said, so they may be connected, but it hasn\u2019t been definitively proved.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmavur5ls000d3b6niihij0ze@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmavr343x002r27ot6n5ohliu@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"Scott Adams Dilbert creator FILE 2006\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.8525\" data-original-height=\"2387\" data-original-width=\"2800\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230227121558-scott-adams-dilbert-creator-file-2006.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">FLE &#8211; Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, poses for a portrait with the Dilbert character in his studio in Dublin, Calif., Oct. 26, 2006. Several prominent media publishers across the U.S. are dropping the Dilbert comic strip after Adams, its creator, described people who are Black as members of &#8220;a racist hate group&#8221; during an online video show. (AP Photo\/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Marcio Jose Sanchez\/AP\/FIle<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">\u2018Dilbert\u2019 cartoon creator says he has same prostate cancer as Joe Biden<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g00163b6m7raif5pv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Even if Biden did have prostate cancer that had gone undetected while he was in office, doctors say, it wouldn\u2019t have affected his memory or thinking.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g00173b6mocizhgcc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cIn general, prostate cancer, on its own, should not cause any cognitive issues. It\u2019s very, very rare for prostate cancer to spread to the brain,\u201d Siddiqui said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g00183b6mm8i6qmn9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            But treatment, which typically involves medications to block the hormone testosterone, can have adverse effects on the brain and body.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g00193b6mvrzfh9w3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cWhat that can lead to is symptoms of low testosterone, fatigue, hot flashes, night sweats but also muscle loss, increased bone fragility and risk of fractures, weight gain and memory issues and slowed cognition,\u201d Siddiqui added.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g001a3b6muyi9cppk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Sartor said he\u2019s hopeful for Biden\u2019s prognosis.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmavnmr5g001b3b6m58ixqrmj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThe bad news is, it is no longer curable. Once prostate cancer is metastatic, to the bone, it is no longer considered to be a curable cancer, but it is typically well-controlled for several years,\u201d he said.    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cancer Men&#8217;s health Joe Biden See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! 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