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August 7, 2010
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has been diagnosed with lymphoma, a cancer affecting the immune system, Health Minister Esperanza Martinez said Aug. 6.
The 59-year-old president is a former Catholic bishop. His five-year term is slated to end in August 2013.
The cancer, known as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, was detected at an early stage, Martinez said.