Bush’s polyps not cancerous
Doctors found no cancer in the five small growths removed from President Bush’s colon, the White House said Monday.
The five polyps were found during a routine colonoscopy that Bush underwent Saturday at the Camp David presidential retreat. Examinations showed that they were benign. The White House had said the day of the exam that none appeared “worrisome.”
“The president is in good health,” Bush spokesman Tony Snow said Monday. “There is no reason for alarm.”
Bush’s next scan will be in three years, Snow added, saying that is the typical interval between exams given the number of growths found this time. Before Saturday, Bush’s last colonoscopy was in 2002.
Polyps are extra pieces of tissue that grow in the large intestine. Most polyps are not dangerous, but over time, they can turn cancerous.
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