The Vatican says Pope Leo XIV’s doctors determined his lung cancer was localized after final tissue and molecular tests.
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Pope Leo XIV’s doctors say final tissue and molecular tests confirmed the pope’s lung cancer was localized and that no further treatment is needed, the Vatican said in a statement Wednesday.
The pope returned to the Vatican on Saturday after surgery earlier last week in which the lower lobe of his right lung was removed.
The surgery confirmed that Leo had lung adenocarcinoma, described as the most common type of lung cancer.
The pope’s personal physician, Dr. Luigi Carbone, and his surgeon, Dr. Stefano Margaritora, said in their statement that results of tests on tissue removed during the operation confirmed the initial diagnosis and that the cancer had not spread.
“A subsequent oncology assessment confirmed that no further treatment is necessary,” the doctors said.
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