Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma, a form of lung cancer, after undergoing surgery at Rome\u2019s Gemelli Polyclinic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Vatican released the following statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lower lobe of the right lung was removed using a video-assisted technique to ensure complete removal. An intraoperative tissue examination confirmed lung adenocarcinoma, as suspected before surgery.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The procedure lasted approximately 90 minutes and ended without complications, although the pope spent about three hours in the operating room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After a brief period of observation, Leo XIV woke up normally and returned to his room on the hospital\u2019s tenth floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He was awake, alert and even asked for dinner. By the following morning, the Vatican reported that he had spent the night well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Further postoperative tests and analyses of the removed tissue will take place in the coming days to complete the medical assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Vatican has not yet said whether the pope will need further treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma, a form of lung cancer, after undergoing surgery at Rome\u2019s Gemelli Polyclinic. The Vatican released the following statement: The lower lobe of the right lung was removed using a video-assisted technique to ensure complete removal. An intraoperative tissue examination confirmed lung adenocarcinoma, as suspected before surgery. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":95462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gAyHtEEX2yU","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bdiagnosticopapaeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bdiagnosticopapaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95466"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95466"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95469,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95466\/revisions\/95469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}