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First Lady Jill Biden: Cancer tissue removed in skin surgery
The First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, had to undergo a medical procedure. photo
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The 71-year-old wife of US President Joe Biden survived the routine surgery well, the White House said.
US First Lady Jill Biden has undergone an outpatient skin operation – cancer tissue was removed. The surgery went well and all of the cancerous tissue was “successfully” removed from the affected areas, White House medic Kevin O’Connor said yesterday.
As expected, the 71-year-old has some swelling and bruising on her face, but is feeling fine. Biden wanted to leave the hospital on the same day. The procedure, known as Mohs surgery, was performed at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, near the US capital Washington.
During a routine skin cancer screening, the First Lady was found to have “a small lesion above her right eye,” according to her spokeswoman. The intervention has now confirmed that it was a so-called basal cell carcinoma, said O’Connor.
A basal cell carcinoma, or basal cell carcinoma, is a tumor that, unlike a melanoma, does not usually metastasize. Basalioma is also known as light or white skin cancer. “We will be monitoring the area closely as it heals, but anticipate no further intervention will be necessary.”
The procedure also removed a lesion on the left eyelid, which is now being examined in the laboratory, it was said. Another “area of concern” was also discovered on the left side of the 71-year-old’s chest. The tissue was also removed – a basal cell carcinoma was confirmed. Here, too, the entire cancerous tissue was successfully removed – there were no remnants of skin cancer cells at the edges of the lesion.