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Paraguay President Fernando Lugo gets cancer all-clear
27 January 2012 Last updated at 17:01 ET
Paraguay President Fernando Lugo gets cancer all-clear
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has made a full recovery from cancer, doctors treating him in Brazil say.
Follow-up tests confirmed that his lymphatic cancer was in "complete remission", the Syrian-Lebanese hospital in Sao Paulo said.
Mr Lugo, 60, was visited by the former Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, who is being treated for throat cancer at the same hospital.
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Mr Lugo was diagnosed with cancer in August 2010 and had several chemotherapy sessions in the Sao Paulo hospital.
More:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16770574