Polyp in Biden's colon was benign, potentially pre-cancerous

WASHINGTON – The polyp removed from President Joe Biden's colon past week was a benign, slow-growing but perchance pre-cancerous lesion that required nary further action, his doc said successful a follow-up memo.

The specimen, a tubular adenoma, was akin to 1 removed from Biden successful 2008, Dr. Kevin C. O'Connor, doc to the president, wrote successful a memo released Wednesday by the White House. Routine surveillance was recommended, which usually calls for different colonoscopy successful 7 to 10 years, helium wrote.

The Mayo Clinic defines a colon polyp arsenic a tiny clump of cells that forms connected the lining of the colon. Most colon polyps are harmless, according to Mayo's website, but immoderate colon polyps tin make into colon crab implicit time.

“The champion prevention for colon crab is regular screening for and removal of polyps,” the session advises.

Biden, who turned 79 past week and is the nation's oldest president, remains “healthy” and “vigorous” and acceptable for duty, O'Connor said successful his archetypal study aft Biden's archetypal regular carnal successful office. The president is showing immoderate signs of aging, the doc noted.

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