Pope needs no further treatment for lung cancer, doctors say

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO Pope Leo XIV will need no further treatment after his surgery for lung cancer, his doctors announced earlier this week. The pope’s personal doctor and the surgeon who removed a lower lobe of the pope’s right lung at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Oct. 13 said in a statement that follow-up tests confirmed that the cancer was localized. “A subsequent oncology evaluation confirmed that no further treatment is necessary,” the doctors wrote. The announcement came eight days…

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