As questions swirl around President Joe Biden’s health following the announcement of his prostate cancer diagnosis, national media outlets quickly turned to one of the country’s leading specialists to help describe what the diagnosis means — and what comes next.
Dr. Geoffrey Sonn, a urologic oncologist at Stanford University with extensive experience treating prostate and kidney cancers, has emerged as a key medical voice weighing in on the president’s condition. Sonn has spoken to several major outlets in recent days, offering a sober but reassuring explanation of how advanced prostate cancer is typically managed and why the diagnosis, while serious, is not necessarily a near-term death sentence. Continue reading…