Pope needs no further treatment after lung-cancer surgery say doctors
(ANSA) - ROME, 22 OTT - Pope Leo XIV does not require any additional treatment after having lung-cancer surgery last week, his doctors said on Wednesday. The American pontiff was discharged from Rome's Gemelli hospital on Saturday, just four days after an operation to remove lower lobe of his right lung to take out a cancerous nodule. "The final histopathology and molecular testing reports on the tissue removed during the Holy Father's surgery were issued today," Dr. Luigi Carbone and Professor Stefano Margaritora said in a statement released by the Vatican. "The results confirmed that the…
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[Claude] All three other reports cover the same doctors' statement that Pope Leo XIV needs no further treatment after lung-cancer surgery, and none contradicts Report 1's facts.
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