PROSTATE cancer is one of the most common forms of the disease worldwide, and detecting it early could save lives.

Men are being urged to look for early warning signs after Joe Biden's diagnosis , which was confirmed on May 18.

Biden , 82, who served as president from 2021 to 2025, revealed he had an advanced type of the disease in a statement from his personal office.

He was seen last week by doctors after suffering urinary symptoms, with a prostate nodule , or firm area, later being found.

He was then diagnosed with prostate cancer on May 16, with the cancer cells having spread to the bone.

While it is a more "aggressive" form of the disease which is "likely to grow quickly", the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive, meaning there is the prospect of "effective manageme

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