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PresidentJoe Bidenis doing well after a routine colonoscopy.
O’Connor said that the growth was identified as tubular adenoma, a benign and slow-growing lesion, that is “thought to be potentially precancerous” after being sent for a histologic examination.
The specimen, O’Connor said, was “similar to the polyp” that Biden previously had removed in 2008.
O’Connor added that “no further action is required at this time” and recommended Biden remain under “routine surveillance.” He also advised that the president repeat another colonoscopy in seven to 10 years.
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Last week, the White House announced that Biden was undergoing the “routine colonoscopy” at Walter Reed Medical Center.
“As was the case when PresidentGeorge W. Bushhad the same procedure in 2002 and 2007 and following the process set out in the Constitution,” Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement, “President Biden will transfer power to the vice president for the brief period of time when he is under anesthesia.”
The occurrence made Vice PresidentKamala Harristhe first woman to hold the power of the U.S. presidency.
After the procedure, and when the transfer of power ended, Psaki, 42, said in atweetthat Biden was in “good spirits” and spoke with Harris from the hospital.
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Biden also underwent his annual physical at Walter Reed Medical Center last week.
O’Connor — who has treated Biden since he became vice president in 2009 — wrote that “the president remains fit for duty, and fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations.”
“President Biden remains a healthy, vigorous 78-year-old male,” O’Connor wrote in the report, which came days before his 79th birthday on Nov. 20.
source: people.com
