Pope Leo's doctors say final tissue and molecular tests have confirmed his lung cancer was localised, and no further treatment is needed, the Vatican said in a statement.
Pope Leo returned to the Vatican on Saturday, four days after the lower lobe of his right lung was removed.
The surgery confirmed Leo had lung adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer.
The pope's personal physician, Dr Luigi Carbone, and his surgeon, Dr Stefano Margaritora, said in a statement that the results of the tissue tests removed during the pope's surgery confirmed the initial diagnosis, and the cancer had not spread.
"A subsequent oncology assessment confirmed that no further treatment is necessary," the doctors said.
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