Jill Biden to have surgery to remove lesion above right eye.
to remove and definitively examine the tissue,” said Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the president’s physician, in a Jan. 4 memo that the first lady’s office released last week.
The surgery involves cutting away thin layers of skin and examining each layer individually for signs of cancer, according to a fact sheet from the Mayo Clinic. Doctors will keep removing layers of skin and examining them in a lab until there are no signs of cancer. The procedure takes less than four hours for most people, and they can go home afterward.
Doctors recommended removing the lesion from the 71-year-old first lady “in an abundance of caution,” O’Connor wrote in the memo. An update was expected later Wednesday. said the delicate skin around the eyes is especially vulnerable to damage from the sun’s ultraviolet rays. The surgery was arranged for the morning after the Bidens returned from Mexico City, where the president held
with the leaders of Mexico and Canada and the first lady met with women, children and her counterparts. that the White House described only as “common.” Details were not provided. The president accompanied her to an outpatient center near the campus of George Washington University, and they returned to the White House after about two hours.
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