Pele had chemotherapy stopped after the treatment showed no results. The 82-year-old former player has been hospitalized since the 29th in a SP hospital and is facing intestinal cancer with metastases
Skin is receive palliative care and stop chemotherapy after the procedure no more effects appear. OR The 82-year-old footballer and soccer kingpin was hospitalized again this week – on the 29th – due to bowel cancer, at the Albert Einstein Hospital. Information on discontinuation of chemotherapy comes from “Folha de São Paulo”.
With that, Pele only receives treatment to combat the pain and shortness of breath. Palliative care is aimed at patients who have a medical condition that can lead to death. In this hospitalization, in addition to cancer, the former Santos player faces heart failure, generalized edema and swelling, and a respiratory infection.
Pele was diagnosed with cancer in September 2021 and underwent surgery. He has been hospitalized several times in recent years and is still undergoing operations. Meanwhile married, aged 75, to Márcia Aoki🇧🇷
Pele battled cancer for 1 year; the cancer has spread to two other organs
This year, the medical team assisting the “Player of the Century” discovered metastases in the liver, lung and intestines. During a hospital stay in February, the former player contracted a urinary tract infection. And in April he was back in the hospital again. Recently, Pelé made Galvão Bueno cry when he paid homage to the narrator in “Domingão com Huck”. The announcer and the former athlete worked together in 1990 and 1994 during Globe’s World Cup coverage. Pelé accumulates historical brands
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