Pelé is back in the hospital.
A little less than a month after leaving the Albert Einstein establishment in Sao Paulo, the football legend returned there to resume a cycle of chemotherapy, revealed
ESPN Brazil
on Thursday, assuring that it "
is not about 'an emergency
'.
Further tests are planned to determine if the 81-year-old Brazilian has tumors in other places, after being diagnosed with colon cancer last September, for which he has already had surgery.
Pelé remains in a stable condition and "
could be released later on Thursday
," said the Brazilian media.
Released before Christmas to spend the holidays with the family, the Brazilian suffers from a tumor in the intestine, in the liver, and would also be affected in the lung.
“
He continues to be watched closely
,” reports
ESPN.
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