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Pele hospitalized with colon tumor

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SAO PAULO, BRAZIL (SNN-TV) – 81-year old Brazilian soccer legend Pele has been hospitalized and is undergoing chemotherapy treatment for a tumor in his colon.

That’s according to a spokesperson at Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein Hospital, who adds, Pele is in stable condition and expected to be released in the “next few days.”

Pele underwent surgery to remove a tumor from his right colon in September of this year.