A lesion removed from President Joe Biden's chest recently was basal cell carcinoma, a common, relatively harmless skin cancer, the White House said.
was basal cell carcinoma, a common though relatively harmless type of skin cancer, the White House said Friday.The area around the biopsy site was treated at the time the lesion was removed during Biden's physical last month.The site of the biopsy has"healed nicely," he said, and Biden's skin will continue to be monitored.Basal cell carcinoma is the most curable form of skin cancer. It’s considered highly treatable, especially when caught early.
It is a slow-growing cancer that usually is confined to the surface of skin — doctors almost always can remove it all with a shallow incision — and seldom causes serious complications or becomes life-threatening.from above first lady Jill Biden’s right eye and another on the left side of her chest. A third lesion on her left eyelid was removed as a precaution and sent for standard microscopic examination.
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