Robert the41MagFan
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Like hell! It should have been rectal cancer so that he knows what it feels like getting screwed for eight years.
Maybe he'll say that it is a right-wing conspiracy or it's the NRA's fault.
Robert
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Clinton Diagnosed with Skin Cancer
January 16, 2001, 11:15 AM
By Deb Riechmann, AP
WASHINGTON -- The growth removed from
President Clinton's back last week has tested positive for
skin cancer, the White House said Tuesday.
White House press secretary Jake Siewert said
pathology results confirmed the diagnosis of basal cell
carcinoma. The flat lesion was discovered at a Jan. 12
physical at Bethesda Naval Hospital in suburban
Maryland.
"This is a relatively common form of skin cancer,
800,000 to 1 million cases a year," Siewert said. "The
lesion was removed, so while the president, it can be
said, had skin cancer, that has been removed and he no
longer has it."
When doctors removed the lesion, the tissue around it
also was treated with a "scraping and burning" technique,
a common procedure, Siewert said.
He said pathologists noted that the entire lesion was
removed and that the possibility of recurrence is low.
Clinton will have a follow-up visit with the dermatologist
in six months, Siewert said.
"If there's no evidence of new lesions at that time, it will
be followed up on an annual basis," he said.
After the exam, Dr. David Corbett, retired chairman of
the hospital's dermatology department, said Clinton has
had "sun-damage spots" before, but this is the first time
such spots raised suspicions of skin cancer.
Basal cell carcinoma is the most curable form of skin
cancer. It is a slow-growing cancer usually confined to
the surface of skin -- and thus doctors almost always can
remove it all with a shallow incision.
The sun-caused tumors usually begin as a small, waxlike
nodule on the skin, sometimes looking like pearly white
scars. They also can form scabs that alternately bleed
and heal.
Besides the skin cancer and a slightly elevated
cholesterol level, doctors pronounced Clinton in good
health as he prepares to leave the White House.
(Copyright 2001 by The Associated Press. All Rights
Reserved.)
Maybe he'll say that it is a right-wing conspiracy or it's the NRA's fault.
Robert
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Clinton Diagnosed with Skin Cancer
January 16, 2001, 11:15 AM
By Deb Riechmann, AP
WASHINGTON -- The growth removed from
President Clinton's back last week has tested positive for
skin cancer, the White House said Tuesday.
White House press secretary Jake Siewert said
pathology results confirmed the diagnosis of basal cell
carcinoma. The flat lesion was discovered at a Jan. 12
physical at Bethesda Naval Hospital in suburban
Maryland.
"This is a relatively common form of skin cancer,
800,000 to 1 million cases a year," Siewert said. "The
lesion was removed, so while the president, it can be
said, had skin cancer, that has been removed and he no
longer has it."
When doctors removed the lesion, the tissue around it
also was treated with a "scraping and burning" technique,
a common procedure, Siewert said.
He said pathologists noted that the entire lesion was
removed and that the possibility of recurrence is low.
Clinton will have a follow-up visit with the dermatologist
in six months, Siewert said.
"If there's no evidence of new lesions at that time, it will
be followed up on an annual basis," he said.
After the exam, Dr. David Corbett, retired chairman of
the hospital's dermatology department, said Clinton has
had "sun-damage spots" before, but this is the first time
such spots raised suspicions of skin cancer.
Basal cell carcinoma is the most curable form of skin
cancer. It is a slow-growing cancer usually confined to
the surface of skin -- and thus doctors almost always can
remove it all with a shallow incision.
The sun-caused tumors usually begin as a small, waxlike
nodule on the skin, sometimes looking like pearly white
scars. They also can form scabs that alternately bleed
and heal.
Besides the skin cancer and a slightly elevated
cholesterol level, doctors pronounced Clinton in good
health as he prepares to leave the White House.
(Copyright 2001 by The Associated Press. All Rights
Reserved.)
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