Pope Leo needs no further cancer treatment, Vatican says

Pope Leo XIV’s lung cancer surgery last week was a success, and no further treatment is required, the Vatican press office said in a bulletin Wednesday. “The final histological reports and molecular biology analyses of the tissue removed during the Holy Father’s surgery have been completed today,” said Dr. Luigi Carbone, the pope’s personal physician, and Dr. Stefano Margaritora, a thoracic surgery professor who led the surgical team. “The results have confirmed that the condition was a pulmonary adenocarcinoma and that the disease was localized. A subsequent oncological evaluation has confirmed that no further therapy is required,” the bulletin added. Pulmonary adenocarcinoma is the most common type of lung cancer, accounting for roughly 40% of all cases. It’s slow-moving and often affects nonsmokers.