WASHINGTON - First lady Jill Biden was scheduled on Wednesday to undergo surgery to remove a potentially cancerous lesion above her right eye, something that was discovered during a recent routine ...

First lady Jill Biden traveled to a military hospital Wednesday to remove a lesion found above her right eye during a routine skin examination. Doctors recommended she undergo Mohs surgery to remove ...

First lady Jill Biden is having surgery on Wednesday after doctors found a small lesion above her right eye, the White House said. The lesion was found during a routine skin cancer examination, and ...

Mohs micrographic surgery, commonly known as Mohs surgery, is performed to treat skin cancer. The procedure's name comes from Frederic E. Mohs, the doctor who invented the technique in the 1930s.

The use of Mohs micrographic surgery, which had the highest average Medicare payment from 2012-2017 among a set of 4 skin cancer procedures, has increased by more than 20%. An increase in Medicare ...

Investigators also found patients in nursing homes tend to have larger tumors and may experience quality-of-life benefits from the procedure. Most patients over the age of 85 who receive Mohs surgery ...