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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kashmira Gander and Chelsea Ritschel

Is the cancerous lesion removed from Biden dangerous and what is basal cell carcinoma?

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President Joe Biden will require “no further treatment” after a lesion removed from his chest last month during an annual physical was identified as basal cell carcinoma, a common form of skin cancer, the White House physician said.

On Friday 3 March, Physician to the President Dr Kevin O’Connor said in a memorandum released by the press office that a biopsy “confirmed that the small lesion” removed from President Biden’s chest “was basal cell carcinoma”.

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