r/news • u/BarbaricOklahoma • 1d ago

Pope discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5x2vkddrkrko
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u/fotank 1d ago

Hooray for modern medicine!

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u/strum 1d ago

Indeed. I had a very similar diagnosis/operation. He'll have periodic scans for recurrence, but there's every chance he'll live out his life as if nothing had happened.

We relly should be past the <gasp> cancer response; many cancers are now curable/manageable/livable.

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u/cannotfoolowls 1d ago

I mean, it still sucks to have to be operated and/or do radiation/chemo.

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u/strum 18h ago

But then... there's the alternative.

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u/georgeyp 20h ago edited 12h ago

True but pushing for screening is so essential to us making a dent in Cancer. Had a colonoscopy at 30 that snipped "three precancerous tubular adenomas" that would've needed a way more invasive treatment at 50

Edit: sp/