Pope Leo returns to Vatican after lung cancer surgery
Doctors say they are seeing 'continued improvement' after the US-born pope had a lump removed from his lung on Tuesday.
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Doctors say they are seeing 'continued improvement' after the US-born pope had a lump removed from his lung on Tuesday.
Pope Leo XIV had a cancerous growth removed from his right lung in a 90-minute operation on Tuesday and "woke up normally" after the procedure, the Vatican said. A Vatican source said further tests were being carried out to determine if the cancer had spread. "To ensure the procedure was radical, the lower lobe of the right lung was removed," the Vatican said in a statement. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta reports from Rome.