After lung surgery: Doctors: Cancer in Pope has not spread
After lung surgery, it was initially unclear whether Pope Leo XIV was free of cancer. Now his doctors have evaluated the findings. No further therapy is necessary, the doctors say.
Pope Leo XIV, 71, has been found to have a locally limited case of lung cancer, according to doctors at the Gemelli Clinic in Rome. A tumor was removed from his right lung lobe last Tuesday and tests have confirmed it was a malignant lung adenocarcinoma that had not spread. The Pope was discharged from hospital on Saturday and has resumed his public duties, including addressing thousands of pilgrims from the Apostolic Palace window.
He is set to embark on a nearly two-week trip to South America in early November, visiting Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru, with no medical objections to the journey.
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