(contactmusic.com) - US President George Bush's wife Laura had a cancerous tumour removed from her leg last month (November 2006). The American First Lady noticed a small sore on her shin which refused to heal and was told by doctors it was a squamous cell carcinoma. Bush was forced to undergo minor surgery on 7 November. Her spokesperson Susan Whitson says, "Because of Mrs Bush's early detection and treatment the area on her leg is healing. "She's continually had it checked, the check-ups are good. Everything seems to be fine."