Pele may not live to see the World Cup final. Brazilian newspaper reported that his body no longer responds to chemotherapy :: Football :: RBC Sport

It is noted that the 82-year-old three-time world football champion is receiving only palliative care

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Legendary Brazilian football player Pele is no longer helped by chemotherapy treatment. About it reported Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo.

It is noted that the 82-year-old Pele is only palliative care. This means that chemotherapy has been suspended and he is being helped to relieve pain and manage shortness of breath without being subjected to invasive treatments.


In the Brazilian hospital spoke about the condition of Pele

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ESPN November 30 informedthat Pele ended up unscheduled in the hospital with anasarca (swelling of the skin and subcutaneous tissue) and decompensated heart failure. Two days later, Pele informed on his Instagram (the owner of the social network, the Meta company is recognized in Russia as an extremist organization and banned), that hospitalization is monthly. In the hospital declaredthat the Brazilian was diagnosed with a respiratory infection, but his condition remains stable.

Last September, the three-time world champion underwent surgery to remove a colon tumor and spent almost a month in the hospital. ESPN later reported that the former athlete had discovered tumors in the intestines, liver, and also at the initial stage in the lung.

Pele is the only three-time world football champion (1958, 1962, 1970). He played 92 matches for Brazil and scored 77 goals. The forward played for the Brazilian Santos (1956-1974) and the American New York Cosmos (1975-1977).

Together with the Argentinean Diego Maradona, Pele was recognized as the best football player of the 20th century according to the International Football Federation (FIFA).

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