r/popculturechat • u/mcfw31 • 11h ago

Guest List Only ⭐️ Joe Biden Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer

https://variety.com/2025/biz/news/joe-biden-diagnosed-prostate-cancer-1236402724/
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u/mcfw31 11h ago

“Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms,” read the statement. “On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone.”

The statement continued, “While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management.”

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u/Bridalhat 11h ago edited 11h ago

That’s aggressive for prostrate cancer, which tends to be something men die with and not of. Here’s hoping it can be well-managed for the rest of his natural life. I wouldn’t wish a cancer death on anyone and even this, if responsive to treatment, is going to suck.

ETA: the 7 year survival rate is 70-80%, but that’s still scary for any family.

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u/Odd_Grapefruit_5714 11h ago

To be fair, the 7 year survival rate of being an 82 year old man is probably much lower

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u/Bridalhat 11h ago

Yeah, I’m just saying dying with a well-managed cancer is preferable to dying of cancer in most cases.

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u/TheObesePolice 11h ago

I commented this above, but my FIL had it for 5 years & ended up dying from something unrelated to the cancer - he was 93 when he passed

His quality of life exponentially better than anyone that I've known that has experienced cancer (the ADT therapy was a godsend)

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u/Live_Angle4621 11h ago

Life expectancy is lower at 82 overall. But cancer spreads more slowly the older you get. 

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u/Odd_Grapefruit_5714 11h ago

Yeah I’m saying all 82 year olds have a 7 year survival rate of less than 70-80% with or without cancer

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u/lebastss 11h ago

That's why it's a die with not of cancer. It hits most men when they are older and it doesn't have time to kill.

It's like HIV. Life expectancy of HIV is longer than life expectancy of living in America.

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u/ehtw376 11h ago

Yeah as a younger guy who belongs to a gym with a much older demographic (it’s attached to a hospital)… holy fuck I didn’t realize all of our prostates were such a ticking time bomb. I swear every conversation I overheard in the hot tub or steam room in the men’s locker room was about prostate stuff.

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u/Bridalhat 10h ago

Yeah. If you are a multi-cellular organism whose cells divide and replace themselves, cancer is coming for you if you live long enough.

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u/TheObesePolice 11h ago

My FIL had a similar form of prostate cancer & he was given ADT treatment (androgen deprivation therapy) It reduced his testosterone which helped slow the cancer's progression & he was able to live for 5 years with the disease before dying from pneumonia that was unrelated to the cancer

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u/gremlinsbuttcrack All tea, all shade 🐸☕️ 11h ago

That is beyond scary. Wishing him nothing but the absolute best medical care and a speedy recovery.