Skin Cancer :: Laura Bush discusses her skin cancer

Laura Bush, the first lady, wife of U.S. president had a small cancerous tumor removed from her right leg shortly after the November 7th election. Laura Bush says she initially thought the lesion under her knee was an insect bite, but when it didn’t heal normally she had it biopsied.

The tests revealed it was a malignant non-melanoma tumor, a basal cell carcinoma, and it was removed under local anesthetic. Laura Bush said she is glad the information about the tumor got out, and hopes it will prompt people to pay closer attention to possible signs of cancer. She blamed the cancer on the hot west Texas sun and her fair complexion.