The American pontiff’s surgery to remove a small growth on his lung was successful.

The 71-year-old underwent an operation to remove a pulmonary adenocarcinoma, among the most common types of lung cancer. Officials said it was "successfully completed."

Bariatric surgery reduces the risk of obesity-related cancer regardless of sex and age, according to a large Nordic registry study led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet. The results, published in JAMA Surgery,

Health experts at a seminar have said that 1,200 patients with breast cancer have undergone surgery at Rangpur Medical College and Hospital (RpMCH) over the past year. This accounts for the highest number of surgeries performed within the hospital's surgery department.