Pope will not need any therapy after cancer surgery – Doctors

Pope Leo XIV will not need therapy following an operation last week to remove a cancerous tumour from his lung, his doctors said in a statement released by the Vatican on Wednesday.

Test results showed the 71-year-old’s cancer “was localised” and “a subsequent oncological assessment confirmed that no further therapy is required”, the statement said.
Leo, who was only elected last year as the first US pope, told followers on October 11 that he would be having surgery to remove a nodule.
The operation went ahead on October 13 at Rome’s Gemelli hospital.
Doctors later revealed the growth was cancerous and they had to remove part of his right lung.
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