UPDATE 1-Brazil's Lula starts preventive radiotherapy after skin lesion removal
Lula is expected to run for a fourth non-consecutive term in October and currently leads right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro in several opinion polls for a potential second-round runoff. He is Brazil's oldest sitting president and has had some health scares, including emergency surgeries in 2024 to treat and prevent bleeding in his head.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva started preventive radiotherapy treatment on Monday after having a skin lesion removed, doctors treating the 80-year-old leftist leader said in a medical note.
"Following the removal of a basal cell lesion on April 24, it was decided to proceed with complementary treatment with preventive, superficial radiotherapy on the scalp," the doctors said, adding Lula will maintain his daily activities without restrictions. Lula is expected to run for a fourth non-consecutive term in October and currently leads right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro in several opinion polls for a potential second-round runoff.
He is Brazil's oldest sitting president and has had some health scares, including emergency surgeries in 2024 to treat and prevent bleeding in his head. Lula was treated for throat cancer in 2011.
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