Tufts Medical Center doctor breaks down Biden’s cancer diagnosis

Following the announcement of former President Joe Biden s prostate cancer identification Dr Tony Luongo at Tufts Health Center explained what it could mean for the -year-old politician Prostate cancers are given a figure called a Gleason sum on a scale of one to Biden s amount came back as a nine meaning he has a very aggressive form of cancer The Gleason number is a count we use to categorize the danger of ailment The higher the points is the more aggressive the cancer is It s a outcome from one to and being a nine out of clearly indicates quite a high hazard of an aggressive cancer Luongo explained The former president s office revealed 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 formidable for drugs to reach all of the tumors and perfectly root out the disorder Biden s office reported 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 likely the greater part common form of healing we give for this stage of complaint Luongo declared Healthcare experts say Biden is of what is considered advanced age but a person s cancer prognosis mainly depends on the person s physical fitness Does the individual have any other critical physiological problems we call comorbidities such as heart disorder respiratory complaint neurologic disorders that can impact our healing decision Luongo noted Luongo announced he is confident the former president s physicians will make the right choice for his cure plan Unfortunately it is a noncurative syndrome but we have effective treatments that can treat it and control the progression of the illness he declared