- Title: Brazil soccer legend Pele under palliative care amid cancer battle -report
- Date: 3rd December 2022
- Summary: ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (FILE - OCTOBER 26, 2000) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** (SOUNDBITE) (French) MICHELE PLATINI SAYING: "There's Pele the man, and then Pele the player. And to play like Pele is to play like God." BERLIN, GERMANY (FILE - JUNE 29, 2006) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) BECKENBAUER AND PELE POSING BESIDE WAXWORK MODEL OF PELE ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (FILE - OCTOBER 26, 2000) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (German) FRANZ BECKENBAUER SAYING: "Pele is the player of the century, certainly. We can't say anything more. I was very happy and proud to have the chance to play with him in The Cosmos, New York, for a year." LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - MAY 18, 2006) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) PELE COMING OUT OF LIFT FOR BOOK LAUNCH PHOTOGRAPHERS VARIOUS OF PELE POSING WITH SAMBA DANCERS BOOK LAUNCH OF PELE AUTOBIOGRAPHY YOUNG BOY HOLDING A COPY OF PELE'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY PELE SIGNING A COPY OF HIS BOOK
- Embargoed: 17th December 2022 15:09
- Keywords: Brazil Pele World Cup greatest player
- Location: VARIOUS
- City: VARIOUS
- Country: Brazil
- Topics: South America / Central America,Soccer,Sport,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA00G423903122022RP1
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- Story Text:Brazilian soccer legend Pele is receiving palliative care after chemotherapy stopped having the expected results as he battles colon cancer, newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported on Saturday (December 3).
Pele, 82, who is widely considered one of the greatest footballers of all time, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday to re-evaluate his cancer treatment and was later diagnosed with a respiratory infection, according to medical reports.
His manager and the Albert Einstein Hospital, in Sao Paulo, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
A medical report released on Friday said Pele had an adequate response to an antibiotic treatment and was in a stable condition "with general improvement in health status".
He had a tumor removed from his colon in September 2021 and has been receiving hospital treatment on a regular basis.
Folha de S.Paulo reported that chemotherapy had been suspended and that Pele was under palliative care, and being treated only for symptoms such as pain and shortness of breathe.
The newspaper also said he had a general swelling and cardiac issues when admitted to hospital earlier this week, as previously reported by ESPN Brasil.
Pele said in an Instagram post on Thursday that he was at the hospital for a "monthly visit" and thanked his supporters for the positive messages he had received.
The former Brazil, Santos and New York Cosmos striker posted a picture of his face projected on a building in Qatar, where the World Cup is being held, next to a message saying "Get well soon".
A sign with the same message was displayed by Brazilian fans at the Lusail Stadium on Friday ahead of the national team's 1-0 defeat against Cameroon.
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