Pope Leo will not need further cancer treatment, doctors say

Key points

• Pope Leo will not need further treatment after lung cancer surgery, his doctors say. Tests on tissue removed during the operation confirmed the cancer was localised.
• The 71-year-old had the lower lobe of his right lung removed last week and was discharged from Rome's Gemelli Polyclinic on Saturday. The nodule was found by chance during routine abdominal examinations, and the pope had no symptoms.
• His next major engagement is a trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru next month, which his surgeon said has no clinical reason to be prevented.