Pope Leo will not require further treatment after lung surgery, doctors say

Pope Leo XIV will not need further treatment following lung cancer surgery, his doctors said Wednesday. The Vatican’s press office said in an update from the pope’s doctors that final reports and analyses of tissue removed from his surgery were completed Wednesday. “The results have confirmed that the condition was a pulmonary adenocarcinoma and that the disease was localized,” said his doctors, Dr. Luigi Carbone and Professor Stefano Margaritora. “A subsequent oncological evaluation has confirmed that no further therapy is required,” the statement said. Leo, 71, had surgery this month at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital to remove a lung nodule found during recent routine medical tests. Leo said the nodule was detected “at a very early stage.” He was discharged Saturday and returned to his public duties Sunday with a prayer from the window of the papal apartment at St. Peter’s Basilica.