Chavez said in a televised talk that the operation took out a tumor in which there were "cancerous cells." He said the second surgery was done after an initial June 10 operation in which a pelvic abscess was removed.
He called his situation "this new battle that life has placed before us."
It was unclear what type of cancer is involved or what Chavez's treatment will be. He said it had been a "fundamental error" to not have taken better care of his health through medical checks.
"What a fundamental error," Chavez said.
Chavez did not say how much longer he expected to remain in Cuba recovering.
He said the first surgery was for a "strange formation in the pelvic region that required an emergency operation due to the imminent risk of a generalized infection."
After that first surgery, Chavez said, doctors began to suspect other problems. A series of tests "confirmed the presenced of an abscessed tumor with the presence of cancerous cells, which made necessary a second operation that allowed for the complete extraction of the tumor," he said.
Chavez said his condition has been "evolving satisfactorily while I receive a complementary treatment to combat the different types of cells found, and thereby continue on the path to my complete recovery."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/30/hugo-chavez-cancer-tumor_n_888382.html
Wow! A tumor; really? To my untrained eye that looks an awfully lot like a microphone. . . . .
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