Joe Biden, 80, was operated on in February for a "
small
" skin lesion, which was found to be cancerous after examination, his doctor said on Friday March 3, indicating that "
all cancerous tissue had been removed successfully
”.
The cancerous lesion, detected and removed during the US President's routine medical examination on February 16, is of a nature that "does not
tend to spread or cause metastasis
", the practitioner specified in a report made public by the White House, adding that "
no further treatment was necessary
".
