Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has started preventive radiation treatment after being diagnosed with early-stage skin cancer.
The 80-year-old leftist leader had a basal cell lesion removed on April 24.
Doctors at Sirio-Libanes Hospital decided on complementary preventive superficial radiotherapy on the scalp. Lula will maintain his daily activities without restrictions.
A presidency spokesperson said the small lesion was early-stage cancer and Lula will undergo 15 radiotherapy sessions to prevent further lesions.
Lula is expected to run for a fourth non-consecutive term in October and currently leads right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro in opinion polls.
He is Brazil's oldest sitting president and has had health scares, including emergency surgeries in 2024 to treat head bleeding. Lula was treated for throat cancer in 2011.
