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“Well, the prognosis is good. You know, we’re working on everything. It’s moving along. So I feel good.”
“This was found by physical examination by a prostate exam. A lot of times, we find an elevation in prostate-specific antigen, PSA, and then we go after it‚” Siegel said after the cancer annoucement, adding that he tests all of his male patients who are older than 45 for the disease.
Yet it was the Chief Scientific Officer at the American Cancer Society, Dr William Dahut, who perhaps gave the most damning verdict, revealing that if the cancer has spread to the bones, they “in general” don’t consider it “curable”.
“In general, if cancer has spread to the bones, we don’t think it is considered a curable cancer,” Dr Dahut said.
He did note, however, that most patients tend to respond well to initial treatment, “and people can live many years with the diagnosis”.
Here’s to wishing Joe Biden well in the months and years to come.
