Watch full video: Jill Biden: US first lady undergoes surgery to remove cancerous skin lesions
According to the president’s doctor, US First Lady Jill Biden underwent surgery to remove two malignant skin tumors.
As the most prevalent type of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma, Dr. Kevin O’Connor noted in a report on Wednesday, both were consistent with it.
Mohs surgery was used to completely remove all malignant tissue from the lesions, according to the report.
According to Dr. O’Connor, Mrs. Biden is “in high spirits and is feeling well.”
A small lesion above Mrs. Biden’s right eye was found during a routine skin cancer check earlier this month, and physicians advised its removal “out of an excess of caution.”
The treatment on Wednesday morning determined that the lesion was basal cell carcinoma (BCC).
According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, it is the most common type of cancer, with 3.6 million Americans receiving a diagnosis each year. If caught early enough, BCCs are slow-growing, treatable, and rarely harmful.
The first lady also had a second lesion removed from her left eyelid and a third lesion from the left side of her chest. The latter had a look that suggested prospective BCC.
In Mohs surgery, tiny layers of skin are removed and examined until no evidence of cancer is identified. Usually, patients are released from the hospital the same day.
Mrs. Biden is reportedly swollen and bruised in her face, but she is anticipated to return to the White House later on Wednesday.
Hours after their return to Washington from a trilateral conference in Mexico City, President Joe Biden traveled with his wife to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland, just 15 miles from the White House.
Before he was elected president, Mr. Biden underwent Mohs surgery to remove a number of non-melanoma skin tumors. Dr. O’Connor noted that the president’s blemishes had been removed in a report of his health from 2021 and that “at this time, there are no regions suspect for skin cancer.”
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