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Tuesday, November 5
Strength, Pelé: the mythical former Brazilian footballer was hospitalized in Sao Paulo to continue with his chemotherapies
Edson Arantes do Nascimento “Pelé” , from 81 years and for many the best soccer player in history, was hospitalized in Sao Paulo to continue with chemotherapy treatment , medical sources reported this Wednesday.
The former Brazilian footballer entered the Hospital Albert Einstein de Sao Paulo the day before and was subjected to a series of examinations in order to verify the evolution of the tumor that was detected in the colon last September , as confirmed by the medical center.
Brazilian football great Pele has been hospitalized in Sao Paulo to continue treatment for a colon tumor.
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“ The patient is stable and it is expected that he will be discharged from the next days “, indicated the hospital in a bulletin released this Wednesday.
Pelé was hospitalized in the same center last 31 August for routine exams that he had postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic and in which he was This tumor was detected in the colon, which was operated on days later.
He was discharged after a month admitted, but was subjected gone to a chemotherapy treatment that is still continuing and to which, according to his doctors, he has reacted “satisfactorily”.
Pelé’s health has deteriorated in the recent years due to problems in the spine, hip and knee that have reduced mobility and have forced him to undergo surgery, in addition to suffering from some kidney crises.
The former footballer, however, has remained active on social media and in the past 23 October, when he turned 81 years, published a message in which he claimed to feel recovered and “getting younger” .