{"id":641,"date":"2026-10-21T22:16:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T22:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/21\/pope-leo-needs-no-further-treatment-for-lung-cancer-vatican-national-globalnews-ca\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T22:16:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T22:16:43","slug":"pope-leo-needs-no-further-treatment-for-lung-cancer-vatican-national-globalnews-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/21\/pope-leo-needs-no-further-treatment-for-lung-cancer-vatican-national-globalnews-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo needs no further treatment for lung cancer: Vatican – National | Globalnews.ca"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pope Leo XIV got good news from his doctors: The pontiff will need no further treatment for lung cancer after follow-up tests confirmed the disease was localized, the Vatican said in a statement Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Leo, 71, had the lower lobe of his right lung removed last week in the first major health event of his 17-month pontificate. The surgery confirmed he had adenocarcinoma<\/a>, the most common type of lung cancer. Leo was discharged<\/a> from Rome\u2019s Gemelli Polyclinic on Saturday, four days after surgery, and said he would gradually resume his activities.<\/p>\n

The pope\u2019s personal physician, Dr. Luigi Carbone, and his surgeon, Dr. Stefano Margaritora, said in a statement that results of the final post-operative tests on tissue removed during the pope\u2019s surgery confirmed the diagnosis and that the cancer had not spread.<\/p>\n

\u201cA subsequent oncology assessment confirmed that no further treatment is necessary,\u201d the doctors said.<\/p>\n

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The pope had the lower section, or lobe, of his right lung removed to try to ensure that all the cancer was removed.<\/p>\n

Additional treatment is offered in such cases if follow-up testing finds signs that the cancer has spread, such as through the lymph nodes, or has certain other signs that it might be particularly aggressive. Surgery often can be enough when tumors are caught very early, such as when someone has an X-ray or other scan that shows a spot long before it\u2019s large or causing symptoms.<\/p>\n

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The pope appears to have had one of those \u201cincidental findings,\u201d a nodule in his lung spotted during another exam.<\/p>\n

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In an interview with Vatican News on Saturday, Margaritora, the chief thoracic surgeon at Rome\u2019s Gemelli hospital, confirmed that the nodule was found by chance during routine abdominal examinations, and that the pope had not been experiencing any symptoms.<\/p>\n

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