Biden prostate cancer diagnosis: The importance of primary care and cancer detection

Oncologists specialize in cancer care, but they are not the only physicians who encounter patients with cancer. Primary care physicians are vital for their roles in screening patients and offering ideas about treatment options when a patient is diagnosed with cancer. Daniel Isaac, DO, MS, discusses this important role as the nation responds to news that former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer. Isaac is an assistant professor of hematology/oncology at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and an oncologist/hematologist for the Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Greater Lansing.