Monday, May 25th 2026 - 21:39 UTC
The president's medical team informed the Brazilian press that the procedure will not affect the presidential agenda
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday began a preventive radiotherapy treatment following the removal of a cancerous lesion from his scalp, in a medical intervention that places the spotlight on the health of the 80-year-old leader four months before the presidential elections in which he will seek a fourth term. The Sirio-Libanés Hospital, the private center where Lula receives care, confirmed the start of the treatment through a medical bulletin released mid-morning in Brasilia.
According to the communiqué, the treatment consists of fifteen superficial preventive radiotherapy sessions of the scalp, of two minutes each, distributed over three weeks, and is applied following the removal of a basal cell lesion carried out on 24 April. The president's medical team informed the Brazilian press that the procedure will not affect the presidential agenda. Lula continued his working day on Monday with a public event alongside Brazilian and African university rectors. The Panama hat the president has worn at public events over the past month had been, until now, the most visible sign of the previous intervention.
