Chavez stable after tumor removed from pelvis
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March 1, 2012, Thursday
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Doctors successfully extracted a tumor from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's pelvic region and he was stable and recovering in Cuba on Tuesday with family at his side, his vice president announced.
"President Chavez is in good physical condition," Vice President Elias Jaua told the main chamber of the National Assembly, prompting a standing ovation and cries of "Onward, comandante!"
"A total extraction of the diagnosed pelvic lesion was performed, removing also the tissue surrounding the lesion," Jaua said, reading a statement from the office of the presidency. "There were no complications related to the local organs."
Jaua did not say when Chavez had the surgery, but said the socialist leader was stable and recovering adequately. The Venezuelan president had said the growth was likely cancerous, but there was no immediate word on whether it was malignant.
Youth Minister Mari Pili Hernandez said there were no complications. "The operation was a success, everything went well," Hernandez told state television. "The president did not require intensive care. That was one of the possible scenarios."
The precise nature of Chavez's cancer has not been divulged.
Jaua said studies of the removed tissue would be available "in the coming hours," but he did not say whether the results would be made public.
The president, who has not delegated authority, was in close contact with government officials, Jaua said.
Chavez, 57, announced last week that doctors in Cuba had found a new growth about two centimeters in diameter in the same area where a baseball-size cancerous tumor was removed last summer.
He traveled to Cuba last Friday and said he would undergo tests over the weekend and have the operation early this week.
But until Tuesday there was no additional official word on Chavez's health, leaving the rumor mill free to churn unchallenged. Some reports speculated about a purportedly dire prognosis.
Chavez and his allies have said the president is still his party's only candidate for October elections.
His opponent, Henrique Capriles, has wished his rival a speedy and full recovery.
"President Chavez is in good physical condition," Vice President Elias Jaua told the main chamber of the National Assembly, prompting a standing ovation and cries of "Onward, comandante!"
"A total extraction of the diagnosed pelvic lesion was performed, removing also the tissue surrounding the lesion," Jaua said, reading a statement from the office of the presidency. "There were no complications related to the local organs."
Jaua did not say when Chavez had the surgery, but said the socialist leader was stable and recovering adequately. The Venezuelan president had said the growth was likely cancerous, but there was no immediate word on whether it was malignant.
Youth Minister Mari Pili Hernandez said there were no complications. "The operation was a success, everything went well," Hernandez told state television. "The president did not require intensive care. That was one of the possible scenarios."
The precise nature of Chavez's cancer has not been divulged.
Jaua said studies of the removed tissue would be available "in the coming hours," but he did not say whether the results would be made public.
The president, who has not delegated authority, was in close contact with government officials, Jaua said.
Chavez, 57, announced last week that doctors in Cuba had found a new growth about two centimeters in diameter in the same area where a baseball-size cancerous tumor was removed last summer.
He traveled to Cuba last Friday and said he would undergo tests over the weekend and have the operation early this week.
But until Tuesday there was no additional official word on Chavez's health, leaving the rumor mill free to churn unchallenged. Some reports speculated about a purportedly dire prognosis.
Chavez and his allies have said the president is still his party's only candidate for October elections.
His opponent, Henrique Capriles, has wished his rival a speedy and full recovery.
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