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Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer but had successful surgery to remove a lower lobe of his right lung, the Vatican has said in a medical bulletin.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 71-year-old underwent a <\/b>90-minute surgery on Tuesday at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital and was subsequently diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma – a type of cancer usually found in the outer part of the organ.<\/p>\n
“The operation was successful and there were no complications,” the Vatican said. “After the operation, the Pope awoke normally and returned after a brief period of observation to his room.”<\/p>\n
The pontiff had a “peaceful night” in the hospital, the Vatican said on Wednesday morning, and he is expected to remain there for about a week.<\/p>\n
Large crowds had waited outside the hospital for the Pope’s arrival on Tuesday, cheering as he waved and smiled through a window as his car went past.<\/p>\n
He was met by staff on the hospital steps. “I’m sorry,” one of them commiserated, to which the Pope gave a smile and a shrug.<\/p>\n
The Vatican said the whole lower lobe of the Pope’s right lung was removed during a roughly 90-minute surgery “to ensure the procedure was radical”.<\/p>\n
It was Leo himself who on Sunday announced news of his operation to the world during his weekly Sunday prayers, telling the crowd in St Peter’s Square that doctors had found a nodule on his lung.<\/p>\n
He reassured pilgrims that the mass was “well-contained” and caught “at an early stage” but that his doctors had advised him to have it removed.<\/p>\n
Nodules are quite common and not necessarily cancerous, but after it was examined the medical team confirmed it was, “as suspected by pre-operative tests”, the Vatican said.<\/p>\n
A Vatican source told news agency AFP that further tests were now being carried out to see whether the cancer had spread.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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