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Headline: Pope Leo XIV undergoes surgery for lung cancer
Caption: The Vatican has confirmed in a medical bulletin that doctors removed the lower lobe of the Pontiff's right lung during a 90-minute surgery. "The surgery was successful, and there were no complications," the statement noted. The Pope was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on Tuesday for the surgery to remove a growth that doctors had spotted at a recent check-up. "In order to make the procedure curative, the lower lobe of the right lung was removed using a video-assisted technique," chief of thoracic surgery Professor Margaritora shared.
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