The Huffington Post
Bush to Have Colonoscopy at Camp David
DEB RIECHMANN
WASHINGTON — President Bush will have a colonoscopy Saturday and temporarily hand presidential powers to Vice President Dick Cheney, the White House said.
Press secretary Tony Snow told reporters Friday that Bush will have the procedure looking for signs of cancer at his Camp David, Md., mountaintop retreat.
He last had such a colorectal cancer check on June 29, 2002.
“As reported at the time and in subsequent physical exams, absent any symptoms, the president’s doctor recommended repeat surveillance in approximately five years,” said Snow, who currently is undergoing chemotherapy for colon cancer. “The president has had no symptoms.”