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The American Pope has lung cancer
Posted on 10/13/26 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 10/13/26 at 3:25 pm
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May not have a US Pope much longer?
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Pope Leo XIV’s surgery confirmed that he has lung cancer and he had the lower lobe of his right lung removed, the Vatican said Tuesday. The tests confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin after the surgery. It said the diagnosis had been suspected by preoperative tests and was confirmed during surgery.
May not have a US Pope much longer?
Posted on 10/13/26 at 3:26 pm to LSUFanHouston
Godspeed his safe recovery.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 3:42 pm to LSUFanHouston
He probably has a good chance at survival given the early stage it was caught at and subsequently removed. Adenocarcinoma has one of the highest 5-year survival rates compared to other forms of lung cancer. Will do their due diligence and look for spread but if I had to guess he will be fine.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 4:06 pm to LSUFanHouston
Wish him a speedy recovery
Posted on 10/13/26 at 4:17 pm to BU Bear In BR
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Adenocarcinoma has one of the highest 5-year survival rates compared to other forms of lung cancer.
Did not know that
Normally think of lung cancer as pretty bad
Posted on 10/13/26 at 4:17 pm to LSUFanHouston
Hope he recovers then Gayle Benson brings him to town for a Domecoming event!
Posted on 10/13/26 at 4:21 pm to LSUFanHouston
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These surgeries to remove the nodule are usually minimally invasive with a low rate of complications,” Triplette told CNN before the Pope’s diagnosis was confirmed. “If this is cancer, the outcomes are quite good, with a 5-year disease free survival of (more than) 80% for the earliest stages of non-small cell lung cancer.”
Posted on 10/13/26 at 4:49 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Normally think of lung cancer as pretty bad
And you would be correct in that assumption. 5 year survival if you look at all lung cancers combined is around 26%. Someone mentioned earlier, but that type at an early stage assuming complete removal and no lymphatic spread, that rate jumps to around 80%
Posted on 10/13/26 at 8:21 pm to LSUFanHouston
That’s a shame
Posted on 10/13/26 at 8:46 pm to LSUFanHouston
He wasn’t supposed to inhale the white smoke the day he was chosen
Posted on 10/13/26 at 8:51 pm to LSUFanHouston
Media reports before the surgery referred to a 'spot' on the pope's lung, making it sound relatively small. On one hand, that they reportedly removed "the lower lobe" (one of five total between the two lungs) sounds more extensive / invasive than is typical for surgery on lung cancer. How large was the tumor? On the other hand, if removing the entire lobe let them cut to totally clear margins and also take out any plausibly-involved lymph nodes, then even in the heyday of Alton Ochsner doing such things (maybe ca. 1935-60), that provided a surprisingly good prognosis. So overall, I tend to suspect this was a more 'make sure you get it all' approach than is typical, and probably means a quite good cure rate / prognosis, at the expense of a longer recovery and slightly more residual lung functional impairment.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 8:57 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Normally think of lung cancer as pretty bad
Not so many years ago it was. But treatments for lung cancer have come a long way in the last quarter-century or so. Surgeries have advanced some, chemotherapies have advanced considerably, immunotherapies have advanced a lot, and targeted therapies for certain 'driver mutations' like EGFR and ALK give people with advanced cancers and prognoses that would have been weeks to months years of life expectancy. Also, early detection is a lot better. Wider use of low-dose CT scans and PET scans makes identifying cancerous nodules often occur considerably earlier, which of course massively improves prognosis.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 9:20 pm to LSUFanHouston
Maybe he isnt Gods chosen one after all
Posted on 10/13/26 at 9:35 pm to LSUFanHouston
The Pope is going to break bad now
Posted on 10/13/26 at 9:44 pm to NOLATiger163
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Wider use of low-dose CT scans and PET scans makes identifying cancerous nodules often occur considerably earlier, which of course massively improves prognosi
Before a pope is chosen, all Cardinals need to have a PET scan.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 11:23 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
I wonder why we don’t all get PET scans every couple of years? 
Posted on 10/14/26 at 6:01 am to LSUFanHouston
It was god’s will for him to get lung cancer it seems like.
Posted on 10/14/26 at 6:23 am to LSUFanHouston
Who knew breathing in too much incense and candle smoke at mass increases your chances of lung cancer?
Posted on 10/14/26 at 8:03 am to LSUFanHouston
Maybe he can call in a favor and ask for a miracle. He knows someone pretty high up.
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