{"id":225128,"date":"2022-12-05T12:01:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T12:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=225128"},"modified":"2022-12-04T06:41:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T06:41:24","slug":"pele-goes-into-palliative-care-after-cancer-hospitalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/12\/pele-goes-into-palliative-care-after-cancer-hospitalization\/","title":{"rendered":"Pel\u00e9 Goes Into Palliative Care after Cancer Hospitalization"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subtitle\">\n<blockquote><p>3 Dec 2022 &#8211; The<em> Brazilian soccer legend is reportedly receiving palliative care, after his body did not respond to chemotherapy treatment to fight colon cancer, according to Brazilian media.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_225129\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pele-brasil-soccer.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225129\" class=\"wp-image-225129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pele-brasil-soccer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pele-brasil-soccer.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pele-brasil-soccer-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-225129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 82-year-old footballer thanked the messages of support he had received. Dec. 03, 2022. | Photo: Twitter: @trtworld<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"txt_newworld\">\n<p>According to the newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pel\u00e9, is in &#8220;exclusive palliative care&#8221;, which means that &#8220;chemotherapy was suspended and that he continues to receive comfort measures, to relieve pain and shortness of breath.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>RELATED:\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/news\/Cameroon-Stun-Brazil-but-Exit-World-Cup-20221202-0015.html\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Cameroon Stun Brazil but Exit World Cup<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The information contrasts with the last medical bulletin released by the hospital on Friday, December 2, which said that Pel\u00e9 was recovering from a respiratory infection but was &#8220;stable and with a general improvement in the state of health&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Pel\u00e9 was admitted on November 30 to the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo. As reported, the medical team diagnosed him with anasarca -massive fluid accumulation, generalized edema and &#8220;decompensated cardiac insufficiency&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brazilian football legend Pele &#39;has been moved to palliative care&#39; in hospital and is &#39;no longer responding to chemotherapy&#39; in his fight against bowel cancer, Daily Monitor reports. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aZ8krxDAad\" >pic.twitter.com\/aZ8krxDAad<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The New Times (Rwanda) (@NewTimesRwanda) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewTimesRwanda\/status\/1599040690989703169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >December 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The following day, the 82-year-old footballer thanked the messages of support he had received.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Friends, I&#8217;m at the hospital having my monthly checkup. It&#8217;s always nice to receive positive messages like this. Thanks to Qatar for this tribute and to everyone who sends me good vibes!&#8221; he posted on his social networks.<\/p>\n<p>During Brazil&#8217;s match against Cameroon in Qatar, Brazilian fans unfurled a banner with the message &#8220;Get well soon&#8221; and a photo of the three-time World Cup winner (1958, 1962 and 1970).<\/p>\n<p>Pel\u00e9 had a colon tumor, which doctors discovered during a routine examination, removed in 2021. After the operation, the Brazilian star had to stay in the hospital for about a month and then go regularly to the hospital center for chemotherapy treatment, in addition to undergoing several hip surgeries.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/news\/Pele-Goes-Into-Palliative-Care-After-Cancer-Hospitalization-20221203-0003.html\" >Go to Original &#8211; telesurenglish.net<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 Dec 2022 &#8211; The Brazilian soccer legend is reportedly receiving palliative care, after his body did not respond to chemotherapy treatment to fight colon cancer, according to Brazilian media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":225129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[223],"tags":[547,2969,260,2968,1146],"class_list":["post-225128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-brazil","tag-futebol","tag-history","tag-pele","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}