KATHMANDU: Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala will travel to the United States next week to determine whether he is suffering from cancer or tuberculosis, after doctors detected a spot on his lungs, his physician said Thursday.
The 75-year-old underwent surgery for tongue cancer eight years ago, before routine tests conducted this week showed a "patch" on his lungs, according to Karbirnath Yogi, head of the respiratory and critical unit at Kathmandu's Teaching Hospital.
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