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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s February biopsy confirmed {that a} pores and skin lesion faraway from his chest was a basal cell carcinoma and all cancerous tissue was efficiently eliminated, White Home doctor Kevin O’Connor mentioned on Friday.
Biden will proceed dermatologic surveillance as a part of his ongoing healthcare however the website of the biopsy has healed and no additional therapy is required, the White Home doctor added.
Final month, medical doctors declared Biden, 80, wholesome and “match for obligation” after a bodily examination.
O’Connor mentioned in a letter launched by the White Home that basal cell carcinoma lesions don’t are inclined to unfold or metastasize.
The positioning of the biopsy has healed properly, he mentioned.
“No additional therapy is required,” O’Connor mentioned.