Former Brazilian footballer Edson Arantes do Nascimento ‘Pelé’, hospitalized since last Tuesday in Sao Paulo, remains stable and responds well to treatment for the respiratory infection he suffers from, according to the latest medical report released this Saturday.
Pele “has also had a good response to treatment for respiratory infections, showing no worsening of his condition in the last 24 hours,” according to the bulletin of the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital in São Paulo.
The 82-year-old former player was hospitalized last Tuesday to evaluate a change in chemotherapy treatment that continues against colon cancer detected in September 2021.
Several Brazilian media speculated that the three-times world champion’s health conditions were getting worse, despite Pelé’s sons having assured in recent days that their father’s situation is not serious.
Speculations in the Brazilian press
Since he was operated on for cancer, Pelé has undergone a cycle of chemotherapy sessions which has forced him to go to the hospital several times to closely monitor his evolution.
As reported by the Brazilian press this Saturday, Pelé no longer responds to the chemotherapy treatment he had been undergoing since last September, when he underwent surgery for intestinal cancer.
Earlier this year, he was diagnosed with metastases in his intestines, lungs and liver. according to the newspaper Folha, Pelé is in exclusive palliative care. This means that chemotherapy has been stopped and that you continue to receive comfort measures to relieve pain and shortness of breath, for example, without having invasive therapies.
Source: Clarin
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