Pope Leo's trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru to go ahead, Vatican says
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo's trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, scheduled for November 6-17, will go ahead, the Vatican said on Monday, indicating that Leo's recovery from lung cancer surgery was on track and that doctors said he was fit enough to make the trip.
The pope, 71, was been diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma, had the lower lobe of his right lung removed in surgery on October 13 after being diagnosed with adenocarcinoma, the most common form of lung cancer.
Last week, doctors said he would not need any further therapy, indicating that his tumor had not spread. — Reuters
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