What we know about Pope Leo XIV's planned lung operation this week
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Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery at Rome’s Gemelli hospital to remove a lung growth, according to reports on a Vatican medical bulletin. The Daily Mirror and Newswire reported that the operation removed the lower lobe of his right lung; other reports described removal of part of the lung.
Reports said the pope, 71, had been diagnosed with lung cancer and that the surgery was successful. The available accounts provide few further medical details. The Daily Mirror said a small nodule was found during recent medical checks and reported that Leo had described it as having been detected at an early stage.
The Daily Mirror reported this was the pope’s first hospitalisation since he became pontiff. The reports provided no further information about his recovery or plans following the operation.
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