US first woman Jill Biden is most cancers free, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, doctor to President Joe Biden, stated giving an replace on her well being after a lesion was eliminated by surgeons from her left eyelid final week. Dr. Kevin O’Conner stated in a memo launched by the White House that the biopsy confirmed that the legion was seborrheic keratosis, a “very common, totally harmless, non-cancerous growth.”

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“Dr. Biden is recovering properly from her procedures,” Kevin O’Connor wrote. “She experienced some anticipated mild bruising and swelling, but feels very well,” the doctor added.

Jill Biden went through a surgery last week as a lesion above her right eye and one on her chest was removed. Both were confirmed to be basal cell carcinoma which is the most common type of skin cancer, although it is the most curable form as well.

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Basal cell carcinoma is taken into account extremely treatable, particularly when caught early as it’s a slow-growing most cancers that’s often restricted to the floor of pores and skin. It seldom causes critical problems that may develop into life-threatening.

For the surgical procedure, US president Joe Biden accompanied his spouse to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland which got here hours after the couple’s return to Washington from a summit in Mexico.

Joe Biden himself has had a number of non-melanoma pores and skin cancers eliminated with surgical procedure up to now, earlier than he turned president.