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Pope undergoes surgery for common lung cancer

PerthNow · 14 October 2026 at 6:52 pm

Pope undergoes surgery for common lung cancer

Pope Leo XIV has undergone surgery for lung adenocarcinoma, a slow-moving disease that represents about two in five lung cancer cases.

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