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Biden Says Fall Radiation Worked After Gleason 9 Diagnosis

9/10/2026

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Biden Treatment Works

Former President Joe Biden says his fall radiation treatment for prostate cancer worked.
He was diagnosed in May 2025 with aggressive Gleason 9 prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.
His treatment includes hormone therapy and radiation that began last fall.
Biden urged men to discuss prostate-cancer screening, noting over 330,000 diagnoses this year.
He is writing a memoir due November, after the midterm elections.

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Biden Cancer Debate

President Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis resurfaced debates over his fitness for office.
After ending his campaign in July 2024, Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who later lost to President Donald Trump.
Screening guidelines advise average-risk men to start testing at age 50 and repeat every two to four years.
Biden called the higher prostate-cancer mortality among Black men an outrage in the richest nation.

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Biden Treatment Works

Former President Joe Biden says his fall radiation treatment for prostate cancer worked.
He was diagnosed in May 2025 with aggressive Gleason 9 prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.
His treatment includes hormone therapy and radiation that began last fall.
Biden urged men to discuss prostate-cancer screening, noting over 330,000 diagnoses this year.
He is writing a memoir due November, after the midterm elections.

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