Pope Leo discharged from hospital after lung cancer surgery

Pope Leo discharged from hospital after lung cancer surgery

Pope Leo, 71, left Rome's Gemelli hospital on Saturday after surgery to remove a cancerous lung tumour. Doctors deemed him "fit for discharge" after blood tests and a chest X-ray. Surgeons removed part of his right lung. The Vatican said it was adenocarcinoma, the most common lung cancer. Doctors await tests on whether it spread.

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