Lung cancer ruled out for Spanish King
May 8th, 2010 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANSMadrid, May 8 (IANS) King Juan Carlos underwent a successful operation to remove a small benign growth from his right lung, doctors said Saturday.
The doctors ruled out any possibility the 72-year-old monarch was suffering from lung cancer after the growth was discovered during his yearly medical tests in late April, Xinhua reported.
“The medical team considered it necessary to analyze morphological changes in a calcification on his Majesty’s right lung, which had been observed in previous years,” the Royal Palace said in an official communique.
Laureano Molins Lopez-Rodo, who operated on the Monarch, said the nodule removed from the king’s right lung was not cancerous.
“It is not malignant, we have ruled out that it could be lung cancer,” the doctor said.
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