The first lady of the United States, Jill Bidenwill undergo surgery on Wednesday after doctors found a “small lesion” over his right eyesaid his press secretary, Vanessa Valdivia.
The lesion was found last week during a routine skin cancer examY Biden will undergo a Mohs surgery for removal at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
The first lady’s office promised to release the medical report after the procedure, along with any information that may arise.
What is Mohs surgery?
Mohs surgery, a procedure developed in the late 1930s by surgeon Frederic Mohsis considered an effective treatment to eliminate basal and squamous cell carcinomas.
The carcinomas Basal cell cancers are the most common type of skin cancer, but they grow slowly, are usually mild, and can be highly treatable if caught early. Squamous cell carcinomas are the second most common type of skin cancer and are fast-growing but curable when treated early, according to the US Skin Cancer Foundation.
Typically, surgeons mark a patient’s biopsy site and anesthetize the area to numb it. Patients are kept awake during the procedure. The doctor then removes a visible layer of skin tissue from the area and takes it to the laboratory for analysis. There, they cut the tissue into sections, stain it, and map the area from which it was removed. A technician freezes the tissue, slices it more thinly into horizontal sections, and places it under a microscope for examination.
If cancer cells are present, another layer is removed from the surgical site and the process is repeated until the cancer cells are gone.
Promoter of cancer prevention
Jill Biden has been a faithful promoter of the Cancer prevention and appeared in various campaigns for the National Cancer Institute.
She once revealed that in 1993 four friends were simultaneously diagnosed with breast cancer, one of whom died, and has urged more funding for the disease.
“It is the responsibility of the federal government to make sure that all communities have access,” he said.
In the same vein, the President Joe Biden He always considered that finding a cure is one of his priorities, which is why he has also participated in multiple campaigns.
Back in the day, during a tour of Newsmax, the First Lady noted that “it is not a red problem, it is not a blue problem” -in reference to the colors with which the Republican Party and the Democratic Party are identified- but “Cancer affects all Americans”.
On the other hand, in a talk at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center of the University of Miami, Jill Biden He referred to the importance of annual medical check-ups, which make it possible to prevent and detect cases before they become serious.
“Early detection is key because if it is detected early there are many more chances of surviving cancer”, he mentioned then.
Recently, Jill Biden’s health was also in the news after she contracted coronavirus in August 2022, although the disease passed with mild symptoms. At the time, the First Lady was vacationing with her husband in South Carolina. Upon experiencing the first symptoms, the woman was isolated in her recreation home for five days and started on Paxlovid.
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