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Jill Biden, First Lady of the United States, underwent cancer surgery

The first lady is expected to be able to return to the White House shortly after her discharge. | Font: AFP

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Doctors removed two carcinomas from the first lady of the United States, one above the right eye and one on the side of the torso. Jill BidenWhite House doctor said Kevin O’Connor.

After these interventions Jill Biden He has facial swelling and bruising, although “he is in good spirits and doing well,” O’Connor said in a statement.

The first lady is expected to be able to return to the White house after discharge.

Jill Biden traveled yesterday to the Walter Reed Medical Center (Maryland) on the outskirts of Washington to undergo surgery for an injury above her eye using the Mohs surgical technique, which is commonly used in cases of carcinoma.

The lesion was discovered during a routine medical examination and, as a precautionary measure, it was decided to remove it for tissue examination.

However, in the latest health report Jill BidenO’Connor confirmed that, finally, it was basal cell carcinoma, one of the most common skin cancers over the right eye.

The doctor said that everything cancer tissue It was “successfully removed” and they do not expect further intervention in this area, although they will “closely” monitor its healing.

During previous preparations for this operation, doctors discovered another “small mass” on the left eyelid, which was removed and is now being examined under a microscope.

Doctors also discovered another basal cell carcinoma on the left side of the First Lady’s torso, which they “successfully” removed.

O’Connor specified that this type of carcinoma does not usually spread or metastasize like other types of cancer. skin cancer such as melanoma or squamous cell carcinoma.

“However, they can potentially grow in size, which leads to a more serious problem and more difficulties in removing them surgically,” he explained.

No further details

white house representative Karine Jean-Pierre, said at his daily press conference that the operation went “well,” without going into details of the intervention; and that the First Lady was accompanied by her husband, President Joe Biden.

O’Connor said he will be undergoing an operation known as the Mohs operation, which according to the Skin Cancer Association is the most effective treatment for many basal and squamous cell carcinomas, the two most common types of skin cancer. .

Last February, Joe Biden set a goal to halve his country’s cancer deaths by 2047 and called for the fight against the disease with the same “extreme urgency” that was applied in the fight against cancer. COVID-19.

His eldest son, Bo, born of the president’s marriage to his first wife Neilia, who died in a traffic accident along with their 13-year-old daughter, died in 2015 of a brain tumor at the age of 46.

His death led to Joe Biden to lead with greater force the campaign against cancer, which he enthusiastically supports. (EFE)


Source: RPP

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