SAO PAULO, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Former Brazilian footballer Pele is in hospital again for treatment related to the removal of a colon tumor last year, his agent told Reuters on Thursday.
ESPN TV channel previously reported that 81-year-old Pele was admitted to Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo for chemotherapy sessions.
According to ESPN, examinations had previously made it possible to diagnose a tumor in the intestine, another in the liver and the beginning of a third in a lung, and new examinations were necessary to look for other cancerous foci.
The channel added that Pelé was in a stable condition and could be discharged from hospital during the day.
The hospital’s press service said it had no information about Pele’s hospitalization.
Last September, the three-time football world champion underwent surgery to remove a colon tumor and he remained hospitalized for almost a month.
He had been admitted to hospital again last month for chemotherapy sessions.
(Report Gabriel Araujo and Carolina Pulice, French version Marc Angrand)