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Surgeon discusses Pope Leo’s recovery after lung cancer surgery

Dr. Karl Uy, chief of thoracic surgery at UMass Memorial Medical Center, discusses Pope Leo’s lung cancer diagnosis, surgery, and expected recovery.

The Pope, as I recall, is an avid tennis player so honestly, if you can play a game of tennis, you probably have good pulmonary function. And he can probably recover pretty much all of his breathing capacity in, I estimate, six months.

Dr. Karl Uy | Chief of Thoracic Surgery, UMass Memorial Medical Center
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