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First Lady Jill Biden: Cancer tissue removed during skin surgery
The First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, had to undergo a medical procedure.
Photo: Susan Walsh/AP/dpa
Washington The 71-year-old wife of US President Joe Biden survived the routine procedure well, the White House said.
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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.