'Dilbert' cartoonist Scott Adams reveals cancer diagnosis

How severe is former Pres. Biden's prostate cancer?

LiveNOW's Andy Mac talks to Dr. Ash Tewari, chair of the Urology Department at Mount Sinai, about former President Joe Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis.

Dilbert creator Scott Adams has revealed that he is suffering from prostate cancer – the same cancer that former President Joe Biden recently announced that he was diagnosed with.

Adams announced the diagnosis in a live stream on social media Monday, stating, "I decide that today’s the day that I’m going to take the opportunity, since a lot of you are here, to make an announcement of my own… I have the same cancer that Joe Biden has.

‘Dilbert’ cartoonist Scott Adams has prostate cancer

The comic strip icon said, like Biden, he has prostate cancer "that has also spread to my bones."

Scott Adams, cartoonist and author and creator of "Dilbert", poses for a portrait in his home office on Monday, January 6, 2014 in Pleasanton, Calif. (Credit: Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

He heartbreakingly revealed that he anticipates he will live to "sometime this summer." 

"I’m in pain, I’m always in pain," Adams added. 

Biden reveals diagnosis of prostate cancer

Dig deeper:

Adams’ announcement comes just one day after it was revealed that Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

According to the former president's office, Biden, 82, went to a doctor last week after urinary symptoms. Doctors found a prostate nodule and he was diagnosed with prostate cancer Friday. The cells have spread to the bone, according to his office. 

What they're saying:

"While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management," his office said. "The President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians."

What is prostate cancer?

Big picture view:

Prostate cancers are given a score called a Gleason score that measures, on a scale of 1 to 10, how the cancerous cells look compared with normal cells. Biden’s score of 9 suggests his cancer is among the most aggressive.

When prostate cancer spreads to other parts of the body, it often spreads to the bones. Metastasized cancer, which is what Biden has, is much harder to treat than localized cancer because it can be hard for drugs to reach all the tumors and completely root out the disease.

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However, when prostate cancers need hormones to grow, as in Biden’s case, they can be susceptible to treatment that deprives the tumors of hormones.

According to the Mayo Clinic, prostate cancer symptoms can include: 

• Blood in the urine, which may make it discolored.
• Needing to urinate more often.
• Trouble urinating.
• Waking up to urinate more often at night.