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From Grover Cleveland to John F. Kennedy and Donald Trump, examples abound of presidential maladies being minimized or kept secret.
"Original Sin" reveals how Biden team tried to control narratives about his health, with Steve Ricchetti denying claims of decline before a major WSJ article.
It’s aggressive. The cells have an ugly, disordered appearance under a microscope. Pathologists gave them a Gleason score of 9 (out of 10) for their likelihood to advance quickly. The cancer has already moved from Biden’s prostate to his bones, which means it cannot be cured — only controlled with drugs.
President Joe Biden's "aggressive" prostate cancer has led to renewed interest in his health during his presidency
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How was Joe Biden’s cancer not caught earlier?The news that the former president is battling an aggressive, stage-4 prostate cancer that has spread to the bone ignited a public debate about why a person with peerless access to medical care was diagnosed at such an advanced stage with a disease that is quite common in men his age.
Joe Biden's prostate cancer, marked by a high Gleason score and bone metastasis, is likely to be hormone-sensitive. Experts speak about treatment strategies and prognosis.
The spokesperson also said that the former president had never been diagnosed with prostate cancer before last week.
The news of Joe Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis has raised questions about why the disease wasn't detected earlier.
Removing marijuana from the government’s most restrictive class of drugs had rare bipartisan support last year. But the D.E.A. slowed the effort and legal challenges followed.
Former President Joe Biden’s “last known” prostate cancer screening was in 2014, and he had never been diagnosed with the disease before last week, his office said Tuesday.
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Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s office pushed back on speculation that there had been a coverup around the illness.