Former US President, Joe Biden, 82, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, a statement from his office said on Sunday.Biden, who left office in January, was diagnosed on Friday after he saw a doctor last week for urinary symptoms.The cancer is a more aggressive form of the disease, characterised…
TODAY’S VIEWPOINT FOCUSES ON PROSTATE CANCER, CAUSES, RISKS & PREVENTION. IT IS WRITTEN BY HEAD OF EDITORIAL UNIT, YETUNDE OKE Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. It was initially a disease of men above the age of fifty-five, but of recent, there has been reports of increase in the number of young…
Prostate cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer amongst men and is the fifth leading cause of cancer death worldwide, with an incidence of 1.4 million, and 375,000 deaths globally in 2020. (Infographic/AstraZeneca) The number of new prostate cancer cases around the world will more than double over the next two decades as poorer…