‘Cancer has not been diagnosed before last week’: Biden’s office rebits Trump’s ‘cover-up’ charge
Joe Biden’s team on Tuesday clarified that the former US President was “never diagnosed” with prostate cancer before last week.According to a spokesperson, Biden first performed a blood test for prostate cancer 11 years ago.The spokesperson said in a statement to the AFP, “Before Friday, President Biden had never known prostate cancer. His last known PSA (prostate-specific antigen) test was in 2014.”Also read: DOJ officer says that Jill Biden should be charged for ‘big misconduct’ because she knew about cancerAt that time, he was serving his second consecutive term as Vice President under Barack Obama.Biden’s team’s statement came after his successor, US President Donald Trump, fueling the claims of “cover-up” by Democrats, stated that he was not told the “surprise” public about cancer.Last Sunday, the 82 -year -old office announced that he was detected a “aggressive” form of prostate cancer, a few days after a nodule was found on the gland.Prostate cancer, the most common among men, can be caught in their early stages with blood tests that measure for a protein called prostate-specific antigens.Also Read: Dr. Who is Kevin O’Coner, who is a doctor under fire for diagnosis of biden cancer?Trump and his colleagues have now raised questions about that Biden and his doctors knew about cancer, with its advanced nature and intensive medical examination of American presidents.However, the annual PSA screening after the age of 70 is not universally recommended.The US Preventive Services Task Force advises against this, arguing that the risk of false positivity and the loss from biopsy and treatment beyond the benefits.Biden would be between 71 and 72 when tested in 2014.Questions on his health dogs him during his Curteld Re-election campaign last year, and recently renewed before the release of a book in recent weeks, stating what it says to his “decreasing physical condition”.Former Commander-in-Chief has expressed gratitude to a post of “love and support” after his cancer diagnosis.
