Pope Leo needs no further treatment after cancer surgery, doctors say
- The 71-year-old leader of the Catholic church has had the lower lobe of his right lung removed in surgery.
- Pope Leo XIV needs no further treatment for lung cancer after confirming the disease had not spread following recent surgery, the Vatican announced in a statement from doctors.
- “A subsequent oncological evaluation has confirmed that no further therapy is required,” the pope’s lead surgeon, Stefano Margaritora, and his personal physician, Luigi Carbone, said Wednesday.
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- The 71-year-old leader of the Catholic church has had the lower lobe of his right lung removed in surgery.
- Pope Leo XIV needs no further treatment for lung cancer after confirming the disease had not spread following recent surgery, the Vatican announced in a statement from doctors.
- “A subsequent oncological evaluation has confirmed that no further therapy is required,” the pope’s lead surgeon, Stefano Margaritora, and his personal physician, Luigi Carbone, said Wednesday.
Sources: Al Jazeera