For most of the 1990s, Bill Clinton led the United States as a healthy president. Though he wasn't known for eating the most nutritious foods (his fondness for McDonald's became legendary), he didn't experience many medical problems until the very end of his second term. Clinton's first health scare occurred in 2001, just days before handing over the White House to George W. Bush. The outgoing president had surgery to remove a skin lesion from his back, which was later discovered to be cancerous.

Clinton was determined to have basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer, one that's usually associated with being in the sun too often. While it's smart to be vigilant about identifying the symptoms of skin cancer and addressing every type of cancer, basal cell carcinoma is u

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