WASHINGTON (AP) — The polyp faraway from President Joe Biden’s colon final week was a benign, slow-growing however probably pre-cancerous lesion that required no additional motion, his physician stated in a follow-up memo.
The specimen, a tubular adenoma, was just like one faraway from Biden in 2008, Dr. Kevin C. O’Connor, doctor to the president, wrote in a memo launched Wednesday by the White Home. Routine surveillance, which usually calls for one more colonoscopy in seven to 10 years, was beneficial, he wrote.
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The Mayo Clinic defines a colon polyp as a small clump of cells that types on the liner of the colon. Most colon polyps are innocent, in keeping with Mayo’s web site, however some colon polyps can grow to be colon most cancers over time.
“The very best prevention for colon most cancers is common screening for and elimination of polyps,” the clinic advises.
Biden, who turned 79 final week and is the nation’s oldest president, stays “wholesome” and “vigorous” and match for obligation, O’Connor stated in his preliminary report after Biden’s first routine bodily in workplace. The president is displaying some indicators of growing older, the physician famous.