Lung cancer: should we be worried after the operation undergone by Pope Leo XIV?

During recent medical examinations, doctors discovered a localized nodule in my lung, Pope Leo XIV said on Sunday. It was detected at a very early stage and is well localized. Doctors believe surgery is indicated. Following their advice, I decided to have an operation to have it removed. »At 71 years old, the Holy Father was operated on on Tuesday and should be hospitalized for “about a week”, said a Vatican spokesperson. He clarified in the evening that the analysis had revealed that it was “pulmonary adenocarcinoma”, a form of lung cancer. “To ensure radical resection, the lower lobe of the right lung was removed using a video-assisted technique,” ​​the statement said. The operation was a success and went as planned. But what is lung adenocarcinoma? How does the operation take place? Should we be worried about the future? Le Figaro takes stock with Professor Nicolas Roche, head of the pulmonology department at Cochin hospital, in Paris, and Professor Marie-Pierre Revel, head of the radiology department in the same establishment, vice-president of the European Society of Radiology and co-coordinator of the Impulsion* project for early detection of lung cancer.