Europe 1 with AFP 10:45 p.m., March 3, 2023

During a routine examination last February, a lesion was taken from the chest of the American president, Joe Biden.

A biopsy revealed it was cancerous, but not serious.

According to the President's doctor, Kevin O'Connor, all cancerous tissue has been removed.

All's well that ends well for the US President.

Joe Biden, 80, underwent surgery in February for a "small" lesion on his chest, which was found to be cancerous after examination, his doctor said on Friday, saying "all cancerous tissue was successfully removed. ".

The cancerous lesion, detected and removed during the US president's routine medical examination on February 16, is a "basal cell carcinoma" and "has no tendency to spread or cause metastases", specified the practitioner in a report made public by the White House. 

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Already operated for cancerous lesions

This distinguishes it from "more serious" forms of skin cancer, such as melanoma, he wrote.

Kevin O'Connor also said that the place where the lesion was had "healed well".

At the end of the medical visit on February 16, the doctor recalled that Joe Biden had "spent a lot of time in the sun during his youth" and that he had already, before being president, been operated on for cancerous lesions. .

He concluded at the time that the 80-year-old president, who intends to seek a second term in the 2024 presidential election, was "in good health" and "fit" to perform his duties.