Tag: cancer

Tuesday, April 24th 2012 - 00:58 UTC
Chavez blasts “psychological rumours warfare” and says on Thursday he returns to Venezuela

A healthy-sounding President Hugo Chávez called Venezuelan state television from Cuba on Monday to dispel rumours fanned by a nine-day silence that he had died undergoing cancer treatment at a hospital in Havana.
Thursday, March 29th 2012 - 07:07 UTC
Lula da Silva announces his back in politics after defeating cancer

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced Wednesday that he was returning to politics after being told that his larynx cancer was in “complete remission.”
Monday, February 13th 2012 - 06:21 UTC
Latest medical tests show Lula da Silva larynx cancerous tumour has disappeared

The latest medical examination of former Brazilian president Lula da Silva has shown that a cancerous tumour in his larynx has disappeared, one of his doctors told a local newspaper Sunday.
Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 22:08 UTC
Brazil celebrating unconfirmed report that Lula da Silva is free of cancer

A piece of news in a Brazilian website on Wednesday today caused a wave of reactions and expectations when it declared sources close to the medical team treating former Brazilian President Lula da Silva for a throat cancer said he is free of the disease.
Monday, October 31st 2011 - 19:10 UTC
Brazil awaking to the possible prospect of political life without Lula da Silva

Brazil's popular former President Lula da Silva started chemotherapy treatment for throat cancer Monday with his doctors voicing confidence in his chances of being cured within four months.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 21:16 UTC
Chavez declares he’s free of cancer; makes pilgrimage to Catholic miraculous shrine

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez self-declared he was cancer-free on Thursday four months after surgery to remove a cancerous tumour that shook the oil rich country ahead of a 2012 presidential vote.
Monday, October 17th 2011 - 21:31 UTC
Former personal surgeon says Chavez has a very aggressive ‘pelvic tumor’

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is undergoing “rigorous” medical exams in Havana where he traveled Sunday night and hopefully will be back in Caracas mid week with “good news”.
Monday, October 17th 2011 - 06:51 UTC
Venezuela’s Chavez returns to Cuba for ‘fourth and final’ cancer treatment

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to Cuba on Sunday to undergo a series of medical tests to evaluate his cancer treatment. Chavez, who finished what he described as his fourth and final round of chemotherapy in Cuba last month, said he will be undergoing what he described as “rigorous examinations”.
Friday, September 30th 2011 - 06:17 UTC
Chavez tossing a softball ridiculed Miami rumors his health had turned for worse

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday that his latest medical checks have been stellar and ridiculed rumors that his health might have taken a turn for the worse. The press conference took place at the presidential palace.
Monday, September 26th 2011 - 04:37 UTC
Chavez says he’s fine but admits feeling “a little diminished’ and short in red cells

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he is recovering “favourably” from the “impacts” of his fourth and latest round of chemotherapy, although he admitted that he feels that his physical strength is “a little diminished”.