Lula left office after two terms in 2010 with record approval ratings
The 66-year-old has a tumour in his larynx, a account from the Sirio-Libanes Hospital in Sao Paulo said.
"After assorted investigations, antecedent chemotherapy will alpha in the next few days. The accommodating is well," the account read.
Lula was adopted Brazil's admiral in 2002, the country's aboriginal advocate baton in bisected a century.
He was re-elected for a additional appellation in 2006, and larboard appointment in December 2010 with almanac approval ratings.
The Brazilian architecture prohibits a third afterwards presidential term.
A above abutment leader, Lula presided over a aeon of able bread-and-butter advance in Brazil during which millions of humans were aerial out of poverty.
It was broadly reported, in March 2010, that Lula had accustomed up smoker afterwards 50 years.
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