The president of United States, Joe Biden, He underwent surgery on February 16 for a skin lesion on the chest that turned out to be a carcinoma and that it concluded successfully, the White House reported this Friday.

According to the statement from the White House doctor, Kevin O’Connor, the intervention occurred the day Biden had his medical examination. At the time, the White House said the president enjoyed “good health” and was “fit” to carry out their duties.

This Friday’s statement explains that that day, at the Walter Reed military medical center, Biden’s a “skin lesion” on his chest. The removed tissue was biopsied and “as expected” contained carcinoma cells.

“They do not tend to cause metastasis”

All cancerous tissue was “successfully” removed, according to the president’s doctor, who also explained that the entire affected area has been treated with “electrodessication”, which consists of drying the tissues with high frequency. “No further treatment is necessary,” the statement added.

The doctor stressed in this report provided by the White House that basal cell carcinoma lesions “they do not tend to spread or metastasize” as it happens with “more serious” cases of skin cancer such as melanoma or squamous skin carcinomas.

However, he admitted that this type of cancerous lesions can grow in size and generate more significant problems that require intervention beyond surgical removal. The area that was biopsied has been “healed well” according to the medical report, which adds that the next medical check-ups will include dermatological reviews.

15 days after production

The White House reported this intervention 15 days after being produced. At that time, which was the day that Biden officially underwent a medical examination, the White House did not report this removal or the biopsy of the tissues that showed the carcinoma.

“President Biden is a healthy 80-year-old manvigorous and apt to successfully carry out the tasks of the Presidency, including the tasks of Chief Executive, Head of State and Commander-in-Chief”, Kevin O’Connor said in his February 16 report.

Biden, the longest-serving president in United States historyOn that day, he underwent physical, neurological, dental and vision examinations, as well as gastrointestinal tests.

In the report, O’Connor mentioned the problems Mild Acid Reflux Mandatory, that force you to clear your throat more frequently when you are talking or cause you to cough, symptoms that are accentuated after meals.

The doctor also mentioned then that Biden suffer from arthritis and that the fracture that was made in 2020 in one foot makes him walk rigidly.

Finally, as O’Connor said then, it became “a detailed neurological examination” which showed that Biden has not suffered in recent months no disorder, such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s or stroke.