Joe Biden’s cancer treatment has moved into a new phase after the illness spread to his bones.
The former US president, 82, announced in May that he was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.
Last month he was treated for skin cancer, and was seen with a large bandage on his forehead after undergoing a procedure known as Mohs surgery.
Now Mr Biden has announced he has started radiation therapy and hormone treatment as part of a five-week treatment plan.
He is said to be ‘doing well’.
Mr Biden previously said his cancer had a ‘Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone’.
This means his cancer had spread from the prostate to his bones.
According to Cancer Research UK, this Gleason score means the cancerous cells ‘look very abnormal’ and the disease is ‘likely to grow quickly’.
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