Pope will not need further cancer treatment, doctors say

Pope Leo will not need any further ⁠therapy after undergoing lung cancer surgery last week, his doctors said on Wednesday, indicating ⁠that his tumour had ⁠not ​spread.However, it was still unclear whether the US-born pope would ⁠proceed with a planned trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, scheduled for 6-17 November.The ⁠71-year-old pontiff had the lower lobe of his ​right lung removed on 13 October and was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma, the most ‌common form of lung cancer.Final histological examinations and molecular biology analyses of the tissue removed confirmed the diagnosis, with the disease remaining localised, the doctors said in a statement released by the Vatican.“A subsequent ‌oncological evaluation has confirmed that no further therapy is required,” the pope’s lead surgeon, ​Stefano Margaritora, and his personal physician, Luigi Carbone, said.Leo was discharged from hospital on Saturday and is gradually resuming his normal duties. On Wednesday, he returned to ⁠St Peter’s Square for his weekly audience with ​pilgrims.Margaritora said ​last week there ​were “no clinical reasons” preventing the pope from travelling ​to South ‌America, but ​the Vatican’s ​secretary of state indicated that the pontiff may need to adjust the pace of his schedule to aid his recovery.