During a routine examination in February, a lesion was taken from the chest of the American president. A biopsy revealed it was cancerous, but not serious.
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Nothing mean ? US President Joe Biden, 80, underwent surgery in February for a “small” lesion on the chest, which turned out to be cancerous after examination, announced his doctor, Friday March 3. According to the practitioner, “all cancerous tissue was successfully removed”.
The cancerous lesion, detected and removed during a routine medical examination on February 16, is the responsibility of a “basal cell carcinoma” and did “not prone to spread or cause metastases”, according to Kevin O’Connor’s medical report, released by the White House. This distinguishes it from forms of skin cancer “more serious”such as melanoma.
At the end of the medical visit, the doctor recalled that Joe Biden had “spent a lot of time in the sun during his youth” and that he had already, before becoming president, been operated on for cancerous lesions. He concluded at the time that the 80-year-old president, who intends to seek a second term in the 2024 presidential election, was “in good health” And “apt” to perform his duties.
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