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August 7, 2010, Saturday
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PARAGUAYAN President Fernando Lugo has lymphoma, but an early diagnosis means there is a good chance the cancer can be treated successfully, his doctors said yesterday.
Lugo, a former Roman Catholic bishop, took office as president of the soy-exporting nation two years ago and he has been weakened by a string of paternity scandals.
His doctors said a biopsy carried out this week revealed Lugo was suffering non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer, but the cancer was in its early stages.
Lugo, who quit the church to run for the presidency three years ago, has been under pressure in recent months due to murders and kidnappings blamed on a small armed group operating in remote northern areas bordering Bolivia and Brazil.
Health Minister Esperanza Martinez said Lugo, 59, would be able to continue his official business as usual although he will travel to a clinic in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Tuesday for further tests.
"Early studies carried out on the gland taken from President Fernando Lugo showed the existence of a malignant illness called lymphoma," one of his doctors, Jose Ballesai, told a news conference.
Chemotherapy can be used to treat the cancer, said another of the president's doctors, Alfredo Boccia.
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a cancer that originates in the lymphoid tissue that makes up the lymph nodes, spleen and other organs of the immune system, with tumors developing from white blood cells. It is more common in men than women.
Lugo, whose term runs out in 2013, underwent surgery earlier this year to treat a swollen prostate.
Lugo, a former Roman Catholic bishop, took office as president of the soy-exporting nation two years ago and he has been weakened by a string of paternity scandals.
His doctors said a biopsy carried out this week revealed Lugo was suffering non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer, but the cancer was in its early stages.
Lugo, who quit the church to run for the presidency three years ago, has been under pressure in recent months due to murders and kidnappings blamed on a small armed group operating in remote northern areas bordering Bolivia and Brazil.
Health Minister Esperanza Martinez said Lugo, 59, would be able to continue his official business as usual although he will travel to a clinic in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Tuesday for further tests.
"Early studies carried out on the gland taken from President Fernando Lugo showed the existence of a malignant illness called lymphoma," one of his doctors, Jose Ballesai, told a news conference.
Chemotherapy can be used to treat the cancer, said another of the president's doctors, Alfredo Boccia.
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a cancer that originates in the lymphoid tissue that makes up the lymph nodes, spleen and other organs of the immune system, with tumors developing from white blood cells. It is more common in men than women.
Lugo, whose term runs out in 2013, underwent surgery earlier this year to treat a swollen prostate.
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