Biden’s cancer raises questions around screening, timing

Former President Biden’s aggressive prostate cancer diagnosis is raising questions about  whether warning signs could have been caught earlier, and if the current screening recommendations should be changed.

Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in older men. One in every eight men will be diagnosed in his lifetime. According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer kills 35,000 a year, meaning a man dies from prostate cancer every 15 minutes.

Biden’s diagnosis is serious, and while treatable, it can’t be cured. Prostate cancer experts said it’s unclear how long Biden has had cancer. Even if he was screened regularly in recent years, they said it’s not uncommon for cancer to develop without notable symptoms. 

View the full article here