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Leo himself announced the news of his operation during his weekly Sunday prayers, telling the crowd in St Peter's Square that doctors had found a nodule on his lung.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The surgery to remove a pulmonary nodule, or small growth of tissue in the lung, will mark the pope's first hospitalisation since he became head of the Catholic Church on May 8, 2025.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

At a recent health checkup, doctors had discovered a small nodule in the 71-year-old pontiff’s lung, known as adenocarcinoma.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

He said the nodule was detected at “a very early stage” and that his doctors had recommended surgery to remove it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

“Right,” he said, and gripped a golden nodule that protruded from the trunk.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Most small nodules cause no symptoms and are only discovered during checks for other health issues.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Tyler suffered nodules on her vocal cords and underwent surgery to remove them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

"It was her leg which was stuck within a rock cleft, and there was some space around the side of it and also nodules of rock which were stopping it from coming out," Rees said.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Surprisingly, the nodules were not located near the central fractures.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026

Within two weeks, some of the nodules had grown to two centimeters —about the size of Henrietta’s tumor when she went in for her radium treatments.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot