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  "id": 15941426,
  "title": "Pope Leo's doctors say no further treatment is necessary after lung cancer surgery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/pope-leos-doctors-say-no-further-treatment-is-necessary-after-lung",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-21T19:44:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News (US)",
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    "url": "https://abcnews.com/International/pope-leos-doctors-treatment-after-lung-cancer-surgery/story?id=137456116"
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  "account": "Pope Leo XIV's medical team has declared that no additional treatment is required following the pontiff's recent lung cancer surgery, according to a Vatican announcement. Dr. Luigi Carbone and Prof. Stefano Margaritora, who performed the operation, informed that the disease was localized, consisting of a pulmonary adenocarcinoma. The Vatican disclosed that Leo XIV had undergone surgery on October 13 to remove the lower lobe of his right lung. The procedure, a minimally invasive camera-guided surgery, lasted approximately 90 minutes and was deemed successful with no complications. The pope was discharged from Rome's Agostino Gemelli University Hospital on Saturday and has returned to the Vatican.",
  "summary": "\"The results confirmed that the tumor was a pulmonary adenocarcinoma and that the disease was localized,\" Dr. Luigi Carbone and Prof. Stefano Margaritora said.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Egypt Independent",
        "title": "Pope Leo discharged from hospital after lung cancer surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/pope-leo-discharged-from-hospital-after-lung-cancer-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-19T12:48:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Pope Leo returns to work less than a week after lung cancer surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/pope-leo-returns-to-work-less-than-a-week-after-lung-cancer-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-19T23:43:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Pope Leo to hold Wednesday audience for first time since lung cancer surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/pope-leo-to-hold-wednesday-audience-for-first-time-since-lung-cancer",
        "published": "2026-10-20T05:38:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Pope Leo holds first general audience since surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/pope-leo-holds-first-general-audience-since-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-21T08:58:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "WATCH: Pope Leo makes 1st public appearance since surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/watch-pope-leo-makes-1st-public-appearance-since-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-21T13:24:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Pope Leo will not need further cancer treatment, doctors say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/pope-leo-will-not-need-further-cancer-treatment-doctors-say",
        "published": "2026-10-21T23:06:23.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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