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Bolivian President's Tumor Said To Be Cancerous - Reports 

Several Bolivian ministers traveled to Washington Friday amid concerns about the health of President Hugo Banzer, who was hospitalized there with a lung tumor.

Bolivia's major newspapers Friday carried stories claiming that the tumor was cancerous, and the Catholic Church's radio station said that "reliable sources in the government have confirmed the president has widespread, developed cancer." . .

According to local media, the tumor was first suspected during a checkup a month ago in La Paz. Other reports said that doctors detected a small nodule in Banzer's left lung in December of 1999. Banzer is a cigarette smoker.

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