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Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery
The 71-year-old pontiff had his right lung's lower lobe removed at a Rome hospital on Tuesday after tests revealed lung adenocarcinoma.
In brief
The 71-year-old pontiff had his right lung's lower lobe removed at a Rome hospital on Tuesday after tests revealed lung adenocarcinoma. Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery to remove a cancerous lung lobe at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on October thirteenth, with doctors confirming a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma…
Pope Leo has lung cancer
Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery on Tuesday at Gemelli Hospital in Rome to remove a cancerous growth in his lung. Doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung.
Diagnosis confirmed after surgery
Lung tissue examined after the surgery confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma. The surgery lasted about ninety minutes and was described as successful by Leo's doctors.
Pope's family history of cancer
Pope Leo, seventy-one, does not smoke but has a family history of cancer. His older brother Louis is currently hospitalized with cancer, and his mother Mildred died of cancer in nineteen ninety at age seventy-seven.
Pope clears schedule for recovery
The Vatican says Pope Leo has cleared his public schedule for the next several days, until at least October twentieth. The Vatican has yet to announce any further treatments for the pontiff.
The big picture
Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery to remove a cancerous lung lobe at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on October thirteenth, with doctors confirming a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma.
