Pope Leo diagnosed with cancer as doctors remove lobe of lung, Vatican says
Pope Leo was diagnosed with a common form of lung cancer after doctors removed a lower lobe of his right lung in surgery on Tuesday the Vatican said in a medical bulletin The 71-year-old pontiff has lung adenocarcinoma with tissue tests conducted during the operation confirming what doctors had suspected from preparatory examinations the bulletin said
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