I n a statement from his personal office on May 18, former President Joe Biden revealed he has an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. “While this re

Prostate cancer occurs in the prostate gland which regulates hormone levels in men. If the cancer is aggressive and spreads throughout the body it can be deadly. Dr. Read said men must be vigilant about their screening and treatment in their older age.

The American Cancer Society reports about 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime and there’s estimated to be more than 300,000 new cases of prostate cancer this year.

Burgess said the disease is relatively common. “We know that in the United States, one in eight men are diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime,” Burgess said. “Now, an individual man’s risk is dependent upon additional factors such as his age, his race, his family history.” What is a Gleason score?

Dr. Kelly Stratton answered the most frequently asked questions in prostate cancer regarding localized prostate cancer care, including surgery and focal therapy.

According to Dr. Carson Wong, a Urologist at Marietta Memorial Hospital, the disease is a type of cancer that grows on the prostate gland.